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Matthias Corwin was born in CORWIN England between the years 1590 and 1600, died Septem- ber, 1658. He came to New England and in 1634 received a second grant of land at Ip- swich, Massachusetts. He joined a company under Rev. John Young and settled in South- old, Long Island, in October, 1640. There he lived for eighteen years, until his death. He owned considerable land and held town of- fices. His wife was named Margaret Children : John, Martha and Theophilus.
(II) Theophilus, son of Matthias Corwin,
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was born in 1634, died before 1692. In 1655 he had lands at Southold, Long Island. He married Mary ---. Children : Daniel, The- ophilus, David, Mary, Mehitable, Bertha, Phebe.
(III) Daniel, son of Theophilus Corwin, was born between 1660-70, died before 1719. He married Mary, daughter of Simon and Mary Ramsay. Children : Daniel, Henry and Simeon.
(IV) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1) Cor- win, was born about 1690, died September 7, 1747. He was a freeholder of Southold, Long Island, in 1737. He married January, 1722-23, Elizabeth Cleavess. Children: Nathan Pele- tiah, Mary, Michal ( feminine), Lucas, Jede- diah, Silas, John Daniel, Edward.
(V) Edward. son of Daniel (2) Corwin, was born 1710, died March 16, 1732. He mar- died and had sons Edward and Separate, who are mentioned in the will of their grandfather, Daniel Corwin. as his grandchildren.
(VI) Edward (2), son of Edward (1) Corwin, was born about 1731. About 1760 he was taken from his family in the night by a press gang. put on a ship where he died four or five years after, without ever getting back to his family. He married, in Mattiluck, Long Island, Hannah Horton. On July 29, 1764, Widow Hannah Corwin had three children baptized: Hannah, Edward and Sarah. Pre- vious to February 22, 1756, Phineas and Eliza- beth were baptized. Phineas and his brother Edward were in mercantile business in New York City for a time under the name Currin, but soon altered the spelling to Corwin, the proper name.
(VII) Edward (3), son of Edward (2) Corwin, was born on Long Island, New York, February 13, 1759, died at the farm of his son on Potato Creek, McKean county, Penn- sylvania, September 15, 1849. He moved to Connecticut about 1775, and after the revo- lutionary war was a merchant in New York City, then moved to Cazenovia, Madison county, New York, thence about 1822 to Nor- wich township, Mckean county, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the continental army at the age of seventeen years and served six years. He received a pension for his revolutionary ser- vice until his death in 1849. During the revo- lution he was taken prisoner by the Indians. who delivered him to the British, they holding him twenty-two months. He also received five hundred acres of bounty land, which, however,
he was cheated out of by agents and a lawyer. He had many thrilling experiences during his military career; was in the battle of Mon- mouth, at the surrender of Burgoyne, saw Major Andre hanged and was with General Sullivan in his expedition up the Susquehanna after the Wyoming massacre. He lived to the great age of ninety years. He was a farmer, and he and his wife were for over forty years members of the Baptist church. He married (first) November 4, 1784, Yet-once Barstow, of Franklin, Connecticut, born May 9, 1766, died August 20, 1797. He married (second) March 4, 1798, Olive Colegrove, born in Rhode Island, May, 1775, died December 31, 1859. Children of Edward (2) Corwin: I. Harry, died in infancy. 2. Ghordis, died in Smeth- port, a saw and grist mill owner ; married Ar- menia Sartwell. 3. Benjamin, of whom fur- ther. 4. Philetus, died in Corwin Center, a farmer ; married California Gallup. 5. John, died in Friendship, New York, a carpenter, farmer and oil producer ; married Julia Rob- bins. 6. Edward, died in Norwich township, McKean county, unmarried. 7. Esther, died in Ohio: married Jonathan Southwick, a farmer. 8. Eliza, died in the west; married Andrew Still. 9. Nancy, died in Smethport ; married Orrin Gallup, a farmer. 10. Diana, died in the west; married Warren Edson, a shoemaker. 11. Olive, died in Norwich town- ship ; married Loren Wilcott.
(VIII) Benjamin, son of Edward (3) Corwin, was born in Mckean county, Pennsyl- vania, April 27, 1807, died in Smethport, De- cember 9, 1881. He was a carpenter by trade, also a farmer. owning a good farm about one mile from Smethport. In later life he sold his farm and moved to Smethport. He mar- ried Betsey Chapin, born in Connecticut, July 4, 1812, died in Smethport, November 18, 1886, daughter of Phineas Chapin, who died in New York state, and his wife - - (Hazle- ton) Chapin. Children of Phineas Chapin : I. Sarah ("Sally") married George Allen. 2. Sophronia, married Levi Coates. 3. Lucena, married Elbert Freeman. 4. Lorenzo, died aged twenty-one. 5. Electa, married Joseph White. 6. Betsey, of previous mention. Chil- dren of Benjamin and Betsey Corwin : 1. The- odore, born February 22, 1833, died in in- fancy. 2. Violette, born July 21, 1836, died in infancy. 3. Helen Electa, born in Smeth- port, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1838; married Arnold Nelson McFall. 4. Ghordis, born May
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31, 1842, died in infancy. 5. Estella, born June 6, 1844, died at Marvin's Creek, June 30, 1865. 6. Althea, born May 1, 1847, died in infancy. 7. Alice, born April 15, 1849, died November 21, 1883, at Smethport, unmarried. 8. George, born March 19, 1852, died August 15, 1887, at Smethport; a carpenter ; married Adelaide Oakes, of Silver Creek, New York, who survives him, a resident of Erie, Penn- sylvania. 9. Franklin, of whom further.
(IX) Franklin, youngest child of Benjamin and Betsey (Chapin) Corwin, was born at Marvin's Creek, Mckean county, Pennsyl- vania, May 26, 1854, died at Smethport, May 21, 1899, by drowning. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the carpenter's trade. His home was in Mckean county, but he was largely engaged in the erection of chemical works and tanneries (which he made his specialty) and was obliged to be out of the county a great deal. He was a Republican in politics. He married Carrie, daughter of William Specht. She was born in Smethport, April 9, 1856, died there December 23, 1886. Children : 1. Ghordis Burdette, of whom fur- ther. 2. Harry, born in Smethport, December 13, 1887; a graduate of The Case School of Applied Science; is a chemist in the employ of the Erie railroad ; married Nina Hosmer, of Cleveland, Ohio, and resides in Youngstown, Ohio.
(X) Ghordis Burdette (called Corte B.), eldest son of Franklin and Carrie (Specht) Corwin, was born in Smethport, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1880. He was educated in the public school, finishing at Smethport high school. He enlisted, April 27, 1898, in Bradford in Com- pany C, Pennsylvania National Guard, later being assigned to Company I of Warren for service in the Spanish-American war. He was discharged in the same year without seeing actual service. He entered the employ of the Camp Window Glass Company, of Smethport, continuing nine years, having the contract for packing the glass made by the company when he left them. In 1907 he engaged with Holmes & Gilfillan, remaining eighteen months, then located in Mount Jewett with the Consolidated Window Glass Company, continuing until December 19, 1904. He then returned to the employ of Holmes & Gilfillan in Smethport, where he is now engaged. He is a Republican in politics and was elected borough auditor, 1908-11. He is a volunteer
fireman, belonging to both the Smethport and Bradford departments. He attends St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
He married, September 8, 1903, at Smeth- port, Edna Lorena Hafner, born in Kasson, McKean county, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1881, educated in the public school there and in Smethport high school, a member of the Bap- tist church. She is the daughter of William Hafner, of Clermont, Pennsylvania, a farmer, later a merchant of Smethport, now and for the past four years an employe of the Mckean County Home for the Poor. He married Melissa Jane Potter, born at Larry's Creek, near Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania. Children, all born in Kasson, Pennsylvania: I. Margaret Idella, married Frank M. Spanogle, a tele- graph operator, and resides in North Girard, Pennsylvania; children: Holmes Hafner, Charlotte Lorena, Margaret, William. 2. Edith Alverna, married Herman Frederick Grabe, an undertaker, and resides at State College, Pennsylvania. 3. Edna Lorena, of . previous mention, wife of Corte B. Corwin. 4. Earl Potter, now an attendant in the Insane Asylum at Willard, New York.
That the present name is VAN DYKE Dutch is sufficiently evident on first aspect, and also well known to all, for the name has won distinction in Europe, in the person of the great artist. In America the most eminent of the name is Rev. Dr. VanDyke, preacher, poet, writer and professor. According to its tradition the an- cestor of the present family came to America with Stuyvesant, but afterward lived in New Jersey. His name was Nicholas.
(I) Augustus VanDyke, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, was born in Pennsylvania, about 1824, died at Irvington, Warren county, Penn- sylvania, 1874. A large part of his life was passed at Irvington ; he was a bridge carpen- ter. Both he and his wife were Lutherans. He married Mary Sterner, who was probably born at Lancaster, about 1815, died at Irvington, about 1891. Children : 1. Hannah, resides at Petrolia, Pennsylvania; married Frederick Hinman, deceased ; he was a manufacturer of nitro-glycerine; children, all living at Petro- lia : Fanchon, Roy, Christine. 2. Abram, of whom further. 3. John, died in Peoria, Illinois; brakeman ; married -; children : Elizabeth,
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residing at Oil City, Pennsylvania ; James, re- Dyke, was born at Kane, December 25, 1870. siding at Oil City. 4. Mary, died in Kansas ; married (first) James Beaumont, of Paterson, New Jersey; married (second) -
- -; one daughter by first marriage, Lillian, residing at Irvington. 5. Amanda, died young. 6. Sarah, died young. 7. William, died at Irvington, 1909 ; a car inspector ; married Ida -, de- ceased; two children, both residing in Wash- ington : Maud, Mary.
(II) Abram, son of Augustus and Mary (Sterner) VanDyke, was born in Montours- ville, Pennsylvania, May, 1846, died at Brad- ford, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1908. He at- tended public school in his native county. By trade he was a machinist. At a later time he worked for the Standard Oil Company at Bradford for a period of thirty years. He was a Democrat. He married Marinda Jane, born near Smethport, September 17, 1847, daughter of Lyman and Mary (Aldrich) Stark. Her home is now at Bradford. Her father, who died at Tuna Creek, Pennsylvania, 1901, was born near Smethport; he is thought to have been descended from Philander Stark, a near relative of General John Stark, the victor at Bennington. Children of Abram and Marinda Jane (Stark) VanDyke: I. Augustus, born at Kane, Pennsylvania, August, 1868, died at Smethport, 1870. 2. William Elmer, of whom further. 3. Irma Esther, born at Kane, Octo- ber 25, 1872; married (first) Leonard Flagg, from Tuneassa, New York ; he was a farmer ; she married (second) Harry Campbell, of Tuneassa ; there they live, he being a farmer ; children, two by first, three by second, hus- band: Mortimer, born in November, 1896; Leonarda, born in September, 1898; Josephine, born July 25, 1905; Richard, born April 10, 1907; Winifred, born December 5, 1910. 4. Frederick, born at Oil City, October 30, 1874; foreman, at Olean, New York, for the Stand- ard Oil Company ; married Ethel Fee, of Brad- ford ; child, Fannie. 5. Mortimer, born at Oil City, November 2, 1876; foreman at Olean for the Standard Oil Company ; married Min- nie Shaffer, of Olean; children: Irma Marin- da, Lawrence Donald, Wava Audrey, Bessie Elaine, Jessie Eileen (the last two twins, born April 21, 1905). 6. Winfield Abram, born at Tuna Creek, October 3, 1883; resides with his mother at Bradford, unmarried.
(III) Rev. William Elmer VanDyke, son of Abram and Marinda Jane (Stark) Van-
He received a public school education in Mc- Kean county, and attended Limestone Acad- cmy, Limestone, New York. When he was eighteen years of age he took a position as clerk in the general store at Mount Alton, Pennsylvania, and there he remained until he was twenty-one. From 1892 to 1896 he was manager of the Helvetia Supply Company, at Helvetia, Pennsylvania, and assistant post- master of Helvetia. Having, however, become a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and desiring to live a life of Christian devo- tion, he spent three years with the Order of the Holy Cross, while the Fathers were still at Westminster, Maryland. After this he studied privately for orders, and on April 23, 1903, lie was ordained deacon by Bishop Whitehead at Ridgway, Pennsylvania. For two years he was in charge at Osceola Mills. Then he came to Smethport and was assistant for two years. During this period, September 16, 1906, he was ordained priest at Smethport by the same bishop. For a year and a half he had charge of the Episcopal church at Kane. For a year, thereafter, he was vicar of St. Mary's Me- morial Church, in Pittsburgh. In 1909 he was made rector of St. Luke's, Smethport. He is a member of the Central Club at Smethport. He is a Republican.
He married (first) June 3, 1899, Blanche (Packer) Donnelly, born at Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, November 16, 1866, died at Du- Bois, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1901 ; married (second) June 25, 1907, Helen Eliza, daugh- ter of Frederick Arthur and Leone (Huener- feld) McCoy, who was born at Ellicottville, New York, April 1, 1878. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a communicant of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Her father was the son of Stephen and Eliza (Vinton) McCoy, and her mother was daughter of Peter Joseph Huenerfeld, a native of Germany. Children of Frederick Arthur and Leone (Huenerfeld) McCoy: Eu- gene, died young ; Guy, married Edna Dunbar ; Grace, married H. H. Redfield; Helen Eliza, of previous mention ; Mary, deceased ; Robert, deceased ; Allen, deceased. Children of Rev. William Elmer VanDyke, one by first, two by second, wife: Howard Sutton, born Septem- ber 20, 1901, died at DuBois, September 25, 1901; Jane, born at Bradford, July 25, 1908; Andrew McCoy, born at Smethport, Novem- ber 30, 1910.
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The Greens of this record de-
GREEN scend from an ancient English family, and only claim residence in the United States since 1872, when William A. (2), father of Samuel Green, of Smeth- port, came to this country.
(II) William A. (2), son of William A. (1) Green, was born in Birmingham, England, February 28, 1841, died in Smethport, Sep- tember 1, 1902. He was the only child of his parents, who were both members of the Es- tablished Church of England. He was edu- cated in the English schools, and became a butcher by trade. After the birth of seven of his twelve children he came, in 1872, to the United States. He settled first in Wellsboro, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where he was joined by his wife and family in February, 1873. In 1878 he came to Smethport. He was a Republican in politics and a member of the Episcopal church.
He married Sarah Field, born in Birming- ham, England, December 23, 1840, who sur- vives him, now a resident of Seattle, Wash- ington. Children, first seven born in Bir- mingham : 1. William, died young. 2. Ebenezer, now a poultry farmer at South Park, Wash- ington ; married and has children: Lawrence, deceased; Robert; Lucy; Eben Jr., born at Seattle, Washington. 3. Henry, now a poultry farmer at South Park, Washington ; married Nellie Smith of Tylersburg, Pennsylvania. Children : Iva; Ruba, died in infancy ; Edith, died young ; Ruby. 4. John A., now a poultry and garden farmer of South Park, Washing- ton; married Minnie Smith of Tylersburg, Pennsylvania. Children : Arthur, born 1894; Forest, 1896. 5. Joseph, died in infancy. 6. Moses, died in infancy. 7. Samuel, of whom further. 8. Mary, born September 9, 1874, in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania ; married George H. Denning, born in Eldred, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1872, now proprietor of a meat market in Smethport. Children: Rita, Gerald. 9. Lu- cretia, born in Wellsboro in 1876, died in England 1879, while there with her mother visiting. 10. Phoebe, born in England, 1878; married (first) Leon Grigsby; (second) in Seattle, Emmett Miller, and now resides in Peoria, Illinois ; child : Harriet Elsie, born July 31, 1912, in Peoria. II. Gertrude, born in Smethport, 1880; married Orson Kimball, and resides in Seattle, Washington, no living chil- dren. 12. Mountford J., born in Smethport
1883, now a groceryman in Seattle, Washing- ton, unmarried.
(II) Samuel, son of William A. (2) and Sarah ( Field) Green, was born in Birming- ham, England, November 2, 1872. He was three months old when brought to the United States by his mother, and from that age has resided in Mckean county with the exception of one year. He was educated in the public schools and the State Normal School at Edin- boro, leaving school in 1901. He spent the next year in Seattle, Washington, working at carpentering. In 1902 he returned to Smeth- port and finished learning his trade, at which he has since been employed as journeyman and contractor. He also has a general teaming business. One of the public buildings that he helped to erect was the Bradford Theatre. He is a Republican in politics, serving on election boards and in other minor offices. He is a member and trustee of the Baptist church, and belongs to the Smethport Volunteer Fire De- partment and to the Protected Home Circle. His wife attends the Baptist church, and also belongs to the Protected Home Circle.
He married, April 20, 1893, Mittie Eliza- beth, born in Smethport, January 16, 1876, daughter of William Robert Taylor, born in Smethport, 1843, died there October 29, 1882, son of John B. Taylor, son of Deacon James Taylor, son of Robert Taylor, the immigrant. William Robert Taylor married Caroline Provin, born March 4, 1853, died in Smeth- port January 22, 1891. Children: I. Harriet Estella, born October 29, 1874; married Charles G. Mesler, and resides in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Children: i. Paul, born No- vember 27, 1894, resides in Fremont, Ohio. ii. Emmett, born March 27, 1896, now attending the Industrial School at Williamsport. 2. Mit- tie Elizabeth, of previous mention. Caroline (Provin) Taylor survived her husband and married (second) in 1886, James Moses, a farmer of Allegany county, New York, who died in 1890 ; no issue. Caroline was a daugh- ter of Samuel Provin, born in Westfield, Mas- sachusetts, 1825, died in Farmer's Valley, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1892. He was a soldier of the civil war, serving in the Penn- sylvania Bucktail Regiment. He married Har- riet Coon, of Steuben county, New York, born September 22, 1829, now residing in Olean, New York. Children of Samuel Provin: I. Sanford, born February, 1848, in Addison,
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New York, now a farmer of Farmer's Valley, Pennsylvania, owning a large farm. He mar- ried (first) Ellen Hamlin, who died in Ridg- way, Pennsylvania, in 1873, leaving a daugh- ter : Mary. He married (second) Catherine Coates; children : Jennie, Charles, Sanford (2), William, Rhoda, Alice, Leona, Donald. 2. Alfred L., born in Westfield, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, August 30, 1849, now a farmer and lumberman of East Smethport. He mar- ried (first) Nellie Taylor, born 1864, in Cory- ville, Pennsylvania, died 1887, no issue; mar- ried (second) Desire Betts, born in Riceville, Pennsylvania, December 1842, died January 1908; married (third) Ella J. Churchley, born in London, England, November 13, 1868, no issue. 3. Alonzo, born 1850, died 1861. 4. Lncy, born 1851, died 1852. 5. Caroline, of previous mention. 6. Duella D., born 1855; married (first) Alty Sloan. Children: Nina and Harry. He married (second) Annie -, and resides in Jamestown, New York. 7. Willis V., resides in Olean, New York, a baker; married Sarah McCarthy. Children : Bessie, William, Roxanna. 8. Charles, died aged sixteen years.
John B. Taylor, grandfather of Mrs. Mittie E. (Taylor) Green, died in Smethport about 1879. He was a blacksmith. He married Elizabeth Holcomb, born in Connecticut, died in Smethport, September 23, 1901, aged about seventy-eight years. Both were members of the Baptist church. Children of John B. Tay- lor, all born in Smethport, where four died young : 1. Victor, now a farmer of Danville, Illinois, married and has a large family. 2. Leroy, a farmer of Iowa, married and has is- sue. 3. Mary, died in Kilbourne City, Wis- consin ; married a Mr. Pike, also deceased, leaving issue. 4. Matilda, married Nathaniel Cummings, whom she survives, a resident of Bloomington, Illinois. Children : Carrie ; Lulu, deceased. 5. Maria, died in a hospital in Buf- falo in 1892; married a Mr. Harm and resides in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Children: Lewis and Frederick, both living in Pittsburgh. 6. William Robert, of previous mention. 7. Ed- ward, died in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, mar- ried Lottie Reynolds, also deceased. Chil- dren : John H., Robert E., Frederick E., Laura Reynolds, Edna Matilda. 8. Ezra, joined the gold hunters in the Klondike and has never since been heard from. Elizabeth Holcomb, mother of the foregoing children, was a cousin
of John Howard Payne, the composer of "Home, Sweet Home."
Children of Samuel and Mittie Elizabeth (Taylor) Green, all born in Smethport : 1. Ha- zel Estella, born April 10, 1894, married W. P. Mitchell, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, a printer, and lives in Olean, New York. Child : Norma Kathleen, born June 12, 1912. 2. Noal Everett, born September 12, 1896. 3. Milton Taylor, October 1, 1899. 4. Homer Samuel, February 19, 1908.
The surname
HOLMES-CARTER Holmes is of ancient English origin and
most of the American families of the name are descended from three brothers, emigrants, who came to New England before 1650.
(I) Francis Holmes, immigrant ancestor of the line following, was an inhabitant of Stamford, Connecticut, as early as 1648. His will dated September 6, 1671, is recorded in Fairfield, Connecticut. In it he mentions wife Ann and four children.
(II) John, second child of Francis Holmes, was born in England. He married, 1659, Ra- chel Waterbury, of Stamford; ten children.
(III) Stephen, son of John Holmes, was born January 14. 1665, died in Greenwich, 1710. He married, November 18, 1688, at Stamford, Mary Hobby ; nine children.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Stephen Holmes, was living in Greenwich, May 18, 1721. He served in Captain Clark's company, Eleventh Regiment Connecticut Militia, and died soon after his second marriage. The name of his first wife is unknown ; his second was Susanna Reynolds. By first wife he had sons: Israel and Reuben.
(V) Reuben, son of Benjamin Holmes and his first wife, was born in Greenwich, Con- necticut, about 1732. He chose as his guardian, February 4, 1746, Nathaniel Mead, and in the proceedings at that time was called fourteen years of age and the minor son of Benjamin Holmes, of Greenwich, deceased. He married (second) (first wife unknown) in 1762, Ruth, daughter of John Wood, of Long Island; eight children.
(VI) Abel, son of Reuben Holmes, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, 1760, died in Unadilla Center, Otsego county, New York, a farmer. He married (first) Esther (second) Mary Canfield. All were members
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of the Universalist church. There were eight children by first wife, names not given, and ten by second wife, six of whom are given. Chil- dren : 1. John, of whom further. 2. Seeley, died in the west; married and left children : Joseph and Betsey. 3. Rizpah. 4. Amos, died in Unadilla, New York, a farmer ; married and had issue: Esther, deceased; Fanny, married William Ballister (second wife) ; Mary, mar- ried William Ballister (first wife) ; John. 5. Charlotte, married Abel Palmer; both died in Unadilla ; children : Esther, Mary, Abel, all deceased. 6. Ira, married twice, one of his wives being Phebe Richmond; he had three children by first wife and two by second, namely, Phebe and Kneeland.
(VII) John (2), son of Abel Holmes, was born in Welling, Tolland county, Connecticut, October 12, 1790, died August 2, 1865, at Smethport, which had been his residence since 1832. When nine years of age he was taken to Chenango county, New York, by his father, and there owing to the death of his mother was adopted by General Robert Mor- ris, of Gilbertsville. When he took the lad General Morris promised him a public school education and that when he became of age would present him with a yoke of two year old oxen. These promises were faithfully kept. Shortly after becoming of legal age the second war with England broke out and the young man was drafted for military service. He was at Sackett's Harbor, and when the British and Indians burned Buffalo was stationed at Port Erie. After the war he became a tanner and currier, owning a fannery at Marvin's Creek. He was also a boot and shoe manu- facturer. He prospered in business and be- came a man of prominence. He had as partner his brother Ira, and they erected a tannery at Latham's Corners in 1827. In 1846 he was appointed judge in Mckean county to fill the place of Judge Nelson Richmond. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Universalist church.
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