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was re-elected in 1903 for six years. In 1879 he was appointed agent for the United States express company in New York city, and was later made president and general manager, which position he still holds. As leader of the Republican party of the state of New York for a quarter of a century his reputation has become national and has extended throughout the land.
CHARLES AND PRINTICE RANSOM
Charles and Printice Ransom came to Owego in 1830 from Tioga Centre and began a general mercantile busi- ness. They were grandsons of Capt. Samuel Ransom, who was killed at the massacre of Wyoming.
Samuel Ransom was born at Ip- swich, England, about 1787. He came to South Canaan, Conn., about the year 1756, when he was nineteen years old and married Esther Law- rence on May 6 of that year. After his marriage he is said to have seen service in the French war and was in the campaign at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1758 with Capt. Zebu- lon Butler, of Lyme, Conn. In the summer of 1773 he sold his real estate in Litchfield county and removed to the Wyoming valley.
In August, 1776, he was elected cap- tain of one of two companies ordered to be raised in the town of Westmore- land. He and his son, George Palmer Ransom, with their independent com- pany from Wyoming, joined the conti- nental army at Morristown, N. J. The first time he was under fire after join- ing the army was Jan. 20, 1777, at Millstone, N. J., and he afterward fought in the battles of Brandywine,
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Germantown, and in other engage- ments.
In June, 1777, he resigned, in order to return to his home and defend it against the British and Indians who . were advancing down the valley under Col. John Butler. In the battle at Forty Fort when every captain of the six companies was killed. Capt. Ran- som's dead body was found at the front of the line, with a musket shot through the thigh, his head severed from his shoulders, and his whole body scarred with gashes. His name heads the list of killed, engraved on the tablet of the granite monument erected a few years afterward in memory of those who fell in the battle.
Capt. Ransom's widow afterward married Capt. James Bidlack, Sr., and is supposed to have moved back to Norfolk, Conn.,and to have died there.
The oldest son of Capt. Samuel Ransom was also named Samuel Ran- som and was later known as major Ransom. He was only 14 years old in 1733, when his father moved into the Wyoming valley. Peck's history says that he "was in the battle of Wyom- ing. had his arm broken by a ball, and escaped by swimming the river and diving when the savages shot at him from the shore." In Wright's "Ply- mouth Sketches" it is related that in the night of March 10, 1781, when he was twenty-two years old, the house was surrounded by Indians. He took his gun and walked out in the moon- light. An Indian fired, breaking one of his arms. He coolly and deliber- ately rested his gun against the house, and with his remaining arm fired and
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brought down his man. The Indians fled, leaving their dead comrade.
About 1787 Samuel Ransom and his brother, William, bought land on Pipe creek at Tioga Centre. William built a house on the west bank of the creek, about one hundred rods from its mouth, while Samuel settled two miles below Pipe creek, on the bend of the Susquehanna. ite built on his land the first tavern and the first school house in the town of Tioga.
Major Samuel Ransom derived his military title from his service in the New York state militia. In 1789 he was appointed ensign in a company of light infantry. In 1792 he was pro- moted to captain. In 1797 the militia of Tioga county was formed into a brigade and he was promoted to first major. He served until 1802, when he was succeeded by Prince Alden. Major Ransom was drowned in the Susque- hanna river by the upsetting of a skiff in the summer of 1807 or 1808.
William Ransom was also known as Major Ransom from his service in the state militia. He was appointed an ensign in a company of light infantry in 1792, and promoted to captain in 1802. In 1808 he was promoted to first major in Lieut .- Col. Asa Camp's regiment. He became a large land owner and shipper of lumber.
William Ransom was born at Ca- naan, Conn., March 26, 1770. In 1792 he married Rachel Brooks, daughter of James Brooks, at Tioga Centre. He died Jan. 8, 1822, and she May 29. 1857. The children of Wiliam and Rachel (Brooks) Ransom were as fol- lows:
1. Ira Ransom, born 4 Dec., 1792, at Tioga Centre. Married Sarah For-
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man at Nichols 22 Jan., 1814 He died at Wysox. Pa., 1 June, 1845.
2. Sybil Ransom, born 14 Aug .. 1794. at Tioga Centre. Married Henry Light at Smithboro 1 Feb., 1816. Died 15 April, 1877, at Smithboro.
3. David Ransom, born 14 Oct .. 1796. Died 9 May, 1827. at Philadel- phia, Pa. He was unmarried.
4. Benjamin Ransom,born 26 Sept .. 1799. at Tioga Centre. Married Lucy Frost at Tioga Centre 7 July, 1821. Died 18 Jan., 1830, at Tioga Centre.
5. William Ransom, born 9 April. 1801, at Tioga Centre. Married Ange- line Martin at Owego 14 Sept., 1831. He died at Tioga Centre 7 Feb., 1SS3. She died four days afterward, 11 Feb., 1883.
6. Rachel Ransom, born 23 Aug .. 1803, at Tioga Centre. Married David Wallis at Tioga Centre 23 Jan .. 1823. Died 13 Nov., 1889.
7. Charles Ransom, born 19 Sept .. 1805, at Tioga Centre. Married Hope Maria Talcott, daughter of George Lord Talcott, at Owego 2 Oct .. 1832. He died 12 Aug., 1860, at Tioga Cen- tre. and she 1 May 1863.
8. Printice Ransom, born 17 Sept .. 1807, at Tioga Centre. Married Fanny Thurston, daughter of David Thurs- ton, at Owego 19 Oct., 1830. He died 15 Oct., 1889, at Iowa City, Iowa, and she 18 July. 1902, at Iowa City.
9. Harriet Ransom, born 15 Aug .. 1809, at Tioga Centre. Married Asa Guildersleeve, Jackson at Tioga Cen- tre 19 May, 1840. Died 4 June, 1847. at Tioga Centre.
10. Charlotte Ransom,born 13 April. 1$11, at Tioga Centre. Died 26 June. 1811.
11. Mary Johnson Ransom, born 24 Nov., 1812. at Tioga Centre. Married Gilbert Strang at Tioga Centre 29 Jan., 1833. Died 9 June, 1872, at Tioga Centre.
When Charles and Printice Ransom began business in Owego in May. 1830 they were aged respectively 24 and 22 years. Having formed a part- nership with William A. Ely under
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the firm name of Ely & Ransoms they continued the general mercantile bus- iness that had been established by James, Daniel, and Win. A. Ely in a store on the south side of Front street below Lake street. Charles Ransom did not remain long in the firm but withdrew in June, 1830, and the name of the firm was changed to Ely & Ran- som. This firm was dissolved April 1, 1833, Charles Ransom having pur- chased Mr. Ely's interest. C. & P. Ransom continued the business in the same store. Later they removed to the west side of Lake street into a wooden store which stood opposite where the Owego national bank now is. After the fire of 1849, in which their store was burned, they built the brick store on the south side of Front street now occupied by Buckbee, Peterson, Wood & Co., and into which they moved in January, 1851. On the 30th of the following September Charles Ransom who had lived both at Tioga Centre and Owego while in business here, retired from the mer- cantile business altogether and spent the remainder of his life at Tioga Centre, where he died nine years later.
Upon the dissolution of the firm of C. & P. Ransom, Printice Ransom and his brother-in-law, Col. James S. Thurston, formed a partnership and continued the business under the firm name of P. Ransom & Co., until Dec. 9, 1856.
In November, 1857, Mr. Ransom re- moved to Iowa City, lowa, where his son Charles T. Ransom, was practis- ing law. About ten years later he re- turned east and engaged in the dry goods business in Binghamton, but in
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March. 1871, he disposed of his stock of goods and returned to Iowa City. where he lived the rest of his life.
Mr. Ransom held but one public office. He was elected sheriff of Tioga county in 1837 and served three years. He was one of the organizers of the Owego gas companny in 1856.
The children of Charles and Hope M. (Talcott) Ransom were as fol- lows:
1. George E. Ransom, born 19 Sept., 1833, at Owego. Died 12 Jan., 1835.
2. Charles Edmund Ransom, born 7 Dec., 1835, at Tioga Centre. Mar- ried Georgiana Anderson at Port De- posit, Md., 21 Oct., 1862. He died 30 April, 1877, at Tioga Centre.
3. William Ransom, born 3 July, 1839 died 18 Nov., 1841.
The children of Printice and Fanny (Thurston) Ransom were as follows:
1. Charles Talcott Ransom, born 27 Sept., 1831, at Owego. Married Fanny Sarah Bacon, daughter of George Bacon, at Owego 23 June, 1859. He died 5 April, 1SSS, at Iowa City, Iowa, and she 8 Jan., 1897, at Washington, D. C.
2. Chester Printice Ransom, born 31 Aug., 1833, at Owego. Died 2 Feb., 1842
3. Fanny. Clarissa Ransom, born S April 1837, at Owego. Married James B. Edmonds 6 Dec., 1859, at Iowa City, lowa. She died 9 Jan .. 1864, at Iowa City, and he Dec. 29, 1900, at Washington, D. C.
4. Elizabeth Rachel Ransom, born 26 Sept., 1841, at Owego. Married Thomas Fanning Goodrich at lowa City, lowa, 16 Dec., 1861. He died & Nov., 1904, at Owego.
5. Mary Neal Ransom, born 30 Nov., 1845, at Owego. Married Hel- muth George Wullweber 30 May, 1877, at Iowa City, lowa. He died 4 May, 1879, at Dubuque, Iowa.
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ASA H., LYMAN, AND AARON TRUMAN.
The first member of the Truman family who came to America was Joseph Truman, who was born in Nottinghamshire, England. The first record of him is at New London, Conn, where in 1666 he was a tanner, conducting two tanneries. He died there in 1697. His eldest son, also named Joseph Truman, was also a tanner. He had two sons, Shem (born in 1760) and David. Capt. Shen Tri- man was the father of Asa H., Lyman, and Aaron Truman, who settled in the town of Owego.
Capt. Shem Truman was born about 1760 at Sheffield, Mass. He saw some military service both in Massachu- setts and New York. He enlisted in the continental army Aug. 20, 1777, for nine months, while living in Massachusetts. He married Abigail Spelhnan of Sheffield. They removed to Canaan, Conn., where she died in 1785. They had three children as fol- lows:
1. Levi Truman. He died young.
2. Lyman Trumań, born in 1783, in Berkshire county, Mass. Married Lucy Barlow, of Candor, in 1809. He died 2 Nov., 1822, in Candor.
3. Aaron Truman, born 27 July, 1785, at Granville, Mass. Married Ex- perience Park, daughter of Capt. Thomas Park, in 1805. He died 13 Jan., 1823, and she 16 May, 1844, at Owego.
The same year in which his wife died Capt. Shem Truman came with his sons to Jefferson county in New York state, where he married Sarah (Barto) Rose and where he lived sev- eral years. He removed afterward to Genesee, N. Y., and thence to the
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town of Sparta, Livingston county. where his second wife died. His third wife was Lucy Remington. She died in October, 1831.
While living in northern New York he enlisted in the light infantry, and in 1797 was promoted to lieutenant. In 1802 he was promoted to captain. He resigned his commission in 1804.
The children of Shem and Lucy (Remington) Truman were as fol- lows:
1. Asa H. Truman, born 26 Feb., 1793, at Sparta. Married Betsy S. Dean 1 Jan., 1815. He died 6 Feb., 1848, at Owego and she 21 June, 1882.
2. Lucy Truman, born at Sparta. Married Henry Williams, of Newark Valley. She died 25 Feb., 1829.
3. Ann Truman, born at Sparta. Married Charles Kellogg. He removed to Yazoo, 111.
4. Lovisa Truman, born in
1802. Married Ebenezer Porter.
5. David Truman, born 17 May, 1799. Married Phebe M. Pryne 18 Oct., 1832. He died 18 Dec., 1844.
6. Lydia Truman. Married Scott, of Sparta.
Lyman and Aaron Truman and their half-brother, Asa H. Truman, all set- tled at Park settlement, in the town of Candor-Aaron in 1804, Lyman in 1806, and Asa H. in 1810.
Asa H. Truman, the youngest of the three, who was 17 years old when he came to Park settlement, taught school there for a time. From 1816 to 1825 he kept a store and tavern at Flemingville. The building stood there until March, 1885, when it was burned. There were two taverns at Fleming- ville for several years and this one was known as the "lower tavern." In 1825 he came to Owego and began a general mercantile business in a wooden store which stood on the
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south side of Front street, nearly op- posite Lake street on the ground where Henry Ripley's boot and shoe store now stands. About the year 1840 he took into partnership one of his sons, Edward D. Truman, and his nephew, Stephen S. Truman. The firm was known as A. H. Truman & Co. The partnership existed until Mr. Truman's death, in 1848.
Asa II. Truman lived at the time of his death in a house which stood on the north side of Front street, the third house east of Paige street. Af- ter his death his widow lived there until she died, in 1882. After her death the property was purchased by Mrs. J. B. Stanbrough. The house was torn down and the lot on which it stood was added to Mrs. Stanbrough's grounds.
The children of Asa H. and Betsy (Dean) Truman were as follows:
1. Juliett Truman, born 29 Oct .. 1815. Married John C. Laning 15 July. 1839. He died 18 May, 1897, at Owego. and she 7 April, 1900.
2. Lucius Truman, born 2 April. 1818, at Flemingville. Married Mary P. Leach, daughter of Caleb Leach. Jr., 11 Aug., 1840. She died at Owego in July, 1862. He married second Mary D. Doumaux, of Charleston, in 1873. He died 26 May, 1890, at Wells- boro, Pa.
3. Edward D. Truman, born 19 May, 1820, at Owego. Married Eleanor M. Soule 10 Nov., 1843. He died 6 June, 1862, at Dixon, 111.
4. Aaron Truman, born 29 Jan .. 1823. Died 14 Oct., 1825.
5. Charles L. Truman, born 24 March, 1825, at Owego. Married Anna Thurston Dexter, daughter of Stephen Dexter, of Exeter. R. I., at Owego 12 July, 1849. He died Sept. 20, 1863. 6. Laura H. Truman, born 4 Sept., 1829. Died 5 Jan., 1832.
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7. Aaron Truman, born in 1827 Died 14 Oct., 1830.
S. William H. Truman, born 2 March, 1842, at Owego. Married Mary Palmer. She died 13 Jan., 1873. He married second Sarah Wild, of New York city, 21 March, 1877. He died 5 Sept., 1895, in New York.
Lucius Truman was seven years old when his father removed from Flem- ingville to Owego. After leaving the Owego academy he entered into the grocery business with his father in Rollin block. In 1840, the year of his first marriage, he formed a part- nership in the general mercantile bus- iness with William P. Stone, who had been a clerk in Asa H. Truman's store, under the firm name of Truman & Stone. Their store occupied the ground on the south side of Front street where Frank M. Baker & Son's hardware store is now and was known as the "Empire Store." Charles L. Truman was afterward received into the partnership and the firm of Tru- man, Stone & Co. continued the busi- ness until 1851, when it was dissolved. Lucius Truman removed to Wellsboro, Pa., where he engaged in lumbering in company with John R. Bowen. When the civil war broke out he en- listed and was mustered into the ser- vice as first lieutenant of Co. E of the First rifles (old Bucktails) on May 15. 1861. Four years afterward, July 28. 1865, he was mustered out as quarter- master of the 109th regiment of Penn- sylvania infantry. Then he resumed the lumber business. In 1883 he was appointed a United States deputy col- lector of internal revenue, and in 1887 he was elected county auditor. He died at Wellsboro May 26, 1890. Lu- cius Truman built the house on the
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south side of Main street, midway be- twen Paige and Ross streets. The house was afterward for many years owned and occupied by S. S. Truman and later by Chas. C. Thomas, and is now owned by James J. Walker.
Edward D. Truman, who was five years old when the family removed to this village, was a clerk afterward in his father's store. About the year 1840 Asa H. Truman took Edward D. Truman and his nephew, Stephen S. Truman into partnership in the gen- eral mercantile business, which part- nership continued until the senior Truman's death in February, 1848. Then E. D. & S. S. Truman continued the business until their store was burned in the fire of 1849. They re- sumed business after the fire in a wooden building which stood on the west side of North avenue. The front of this store was painted in diamonds of different bright colors and the store was called the "Diamond Store." When a briek store was built on the ruins of the Front street store the new store also had a diamond front. similar to that of the North avenue store. E. D. & S. S. Truman occupied the new store until February, 1855, when a new firm composed of E. D. Truman, Gurdon G. Manning, and C. E. Schoonmaker was formed under the firm name of E. D. Truman & Co. The name was changed later to Tru- man, Manning & Co. In 1857 E. D. Truman sold his interest in the busi- ness to his partners and removed to Dixon, ill., where he died June 6, 1862.
Charles L. Truman entered the vol- unteer service of the United States as a first lieutenant in the 18th regiment of infantry March 6, 1862. He was
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brevetted captain Sept. 19, 1863, for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Chickamauga. He was killed in battle Sept. 20, 1863.
William H. Truman, who was only six years old when his father died, was employed for several years by the United States express company. For several years previous to his death. in 1895, he had been collector of sta- tistics of domestic receipts at the Produce Exchange in New York city.
AARON TRUMAN.
When Aaron Truman came in 1804 from the town of Sparta to Owego he came to teach school. The next year he married Capt. Thos. Park's daugh- ter. Their children were as follows:
1. Lyman Park Truman, born 2 March, 1806, at Park settlement. Mar- ried Emily M. Goodrich, daughter of Aner Goodrich, of Goodrich settle- ment. 10 Jan., 1838. He died 24 March, 1881, at Owego, and she 9 April, 1896.
2. Charles E. Truman, born 11 Nov., 1807. Married Harriet Webster 26 May, 1836. He died 21 July, 1897. at Flemingville, and she 21 Oct., 1887.
3. Dorinda M. Truman, born 24 Feb., 1809. Married John Gorman " Sept., 1841. He was captain of Co. C. 109th regiment, N. Y. Vols., in the civil war and was killed in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., 31 May, 1864. She died 12 Sept., 1895, at Owego.
4. Orin Truman, born 17 Feb., 1811. Died 30 Sept., 1885, at Owego. U'nmarried.
5. Francis W. Truman, born 13 Dec,. 1812. Died 20 Jan., 1893. Un- married.
6. Charlotte Truman,born 12 Sept.,
1$14 .. Died 20 Sept., 1815.
7. George Truman, born 16 June, 1816, at Owego. Married Eunice A. Goodrich, daughter of Erastus Good- rich 19 Nov., 1842. He died 14 Feb .. 1907, at Owego. and she 6 Oct., 1897.
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8. Fanny Truman, born 1 April, 1818. Married to David L. Goodrich 13 July, 1841. He died 3 July, 1896, at Owego, and she 10 Jan., 1892.
9. Mary E. Truman, born 18 June, 1820. Married to Alfred Dodge 9 Jan., 1859. He died 13 March, 1900, and she 3 Oct., 1907.
10. Adeline Truman, born 17 June, 1822. Died 13 Feb., 1823,
LYMAN PARK TRUMAN.
When Aaron Truman died, in 1823, his eldest son, Lyman P. Truman, was 17 years of age, Aaron Truman's farm of sixty acres was so encumbered as to almost preclude any possibility of retaining it. With the remarkable energy which characterised him through life Lyman P. Truman set himself resolutely work and through hard labor and the greatest economy he finally liquidated every claim against the farm. He confined his attention almost exclusively to raising potatoes which he shipped down the river in arks, and it was from this product that he realized, during his management of the farm, a sum sufficient to pay all debts and leave a handsome balance with which to begin a mercantile business.
In 1830 he came to Owego and en- tered the general country store of his . uncle, Asa H. Truman, as a clerk, to learn the mercantile business. Three years later he formed a partnership with John M. Greenleaf and began a general mercantile business in a store which stood on the east side of Lake street on ground now occupied by the Owego national bank building. This partnership continued three years.
Having established himself secure- ly in business here he brought three of his brothers, Orin, Francis, and George
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Truman, to Owego and in May, 1837, established the firm of L. Truman & Brothers, which existed nearly thirty years. The brothers conducted an ex- tensive mercantile and lumber busi- ness. In 1839 Lyman P. Truman pur- chased the ground on the south side of Front street where Wicks & Leahy's shoe store now stands, the third store west of Lake street, where he built a wooden store, into which the firm removed its stock of goods from Lake street. When the store was burned in the fire of 1849 it was immediately replaced with the pres- ent brick store, where the brothers continued the mercantile business un- til 1865. In 1852 Lyman Truman and Gurdon Hewitt, Jr., made large in- vestments in lands in the state of Illinois, from the sale of which they made a large amount of money.
Mr. Truman was active in public life. He held various town offices- constable, commissioner of highways, etc., and was supervisor in 1849 and 1857. He was a village trustee in 1835. In 1857 he was elected state senator and was re-elected in 1859 and 1861.
After the great fire of 1849, which swept away all the stores in Front and Lake streets, there was a great depression in the business commun- ity. Many of the insurance companies failed and the loss to many property owners was a total one. Mr. Truman was one of the most active men in re- building the business portion of the Village. It was largely through his efforts that the Ahwaga house was built. In recognition of his public spirit and enterprise a dinner was given in his honor at that hotel in the
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evening of July 6, 1852, at which many of the prominent citizens and their wives were present, on which occasion a silver pitcher was pre- sented to him. Mr. Truman was pres- ident of the old bank of Owego and of its successor, the First national bank of Owego from 1856 until his death.
While his brothers went into mer- cantile life in Owego, Charles E. Tril- mna remained on the farm all his life. He served twenty-eight years as a jus- tice of the peace and was also for many years and until his death post- master at Flemingville.
Before coming to Owego Orin Tru- man taught school. From May, 1880, until his death he was cashier of the First national bank.
George Truman after the dissolu- tion of the firm of L. Truman & Brothers continued the mercantile business in company with his son-in- law, A. Chase Thompson, until January 1873, when he retired from the dry goods trade. He succeeded his brother, Lyman P. Truman, as presi- dent of the First national bank in 1881 and held the position until his death. He was a trustee of the state hospital at Binghamton from June, 1880, to March, 1892.
LYMAN TRUMAN.
Lyman Truman was 21 years of age when his father, Shem Truman, set- tled at Park settlement. He married Lucy Barlow, of Candor, in 1809. He was a farmer all his life. He saw some military service, as did also nearly all the able-bodied men of his day, having been commissioned first lieutenant in the Sixteenth New York
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regiment of artillery. He died Nov. 2. 1822.
The following were the children of Lyman and Lucy (Barlow) Truman:
1. John L. Truman.
2. Levi B. Truman, born 11 Sept., 1809, in Candor, N. Y. Married Louisa Lawrence 23 Oct., 1834. He died 21 May, 1879, and she 20 Oct., 1881.
3. James Truman.
4. Stephen S. Truman, born 28 April, 1816, in Candor. Married Cor- delia Belknap 2 Nov., 1843. He died 25 April, 1895, at Auburn, Cal., and she 29 June, 1902, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
5. Sybil Truman, born 23 Nov .. 1812, in Candor, N. Y. Married Wil- liam P. Stone 5 Nov., 1836. He died June 28, 1890, at Owego, and she + Aug., 1900.
6. Eliza Truman, born 30 April, 1818. Married Frank R. Weed, of Flemingville, 15 Aug., 1844. She died 6 Sept., 1864. He married second Lucy Truman, daughter of Levi B. Truman, 6 June, 1867. He died 1 April, 1882.
7. Benjamin L. Truman, born 23 June, 1822, in Candor. Married Maria Dean 15 Nov., 1852. She died 30 May, 1882. He married second Susan So- phronia Long 28 Feb., 1884. He is the only survivor of the family and is still living at Owego.
Stephen S. Truman, William P. Stone, and Benjamin L. Truman were all Owego merchants. Stephen S. Truman left his father's farm in 1837, the year following the setting off of Chemung county from Tioga, and worked in the Tioga county clerk's office copying the records of lands lying in Chemung county for use in that county, in company with Wm. P. Stone, Dr. John Frank, and others. He was afterward a clerk in Henry Camp's store, and later in Gen. John Laning's store. In 1840 he went into partnership with his uncle, Asa H. Truman and Asa's son, Edward D.
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Truman, in the mercantile business. Particulars of this partnership have already been given in these articles. In February, 1855, he retired from the firm and opened a dry goods and grocery store in T. P. Patch's block, which stood on the west side of Lake street on the ground now occupied by the L. N. Chamberlain block.
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