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WALTER FRALICK. farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. Corry, Penn., was born in Con- cord Township, Erie County, Penn., February 24, 1845, son of A. F., a farmer, and Eliza- beth (Howk) Fralick, natives of Montgomery County, N. Y., where the former was born in 1790 and the latter in 1805. They were married in 1831, and settled on their farm in this township, May 31, 1837, when it was a wilderness. A. F. Fralick was twice married, having eight children by his first wife and seven by his last wife. He departed this life October 26, 1877. Our subject was reared on his father's farm, and educated at the com- mon schools. He was married at Union City, Penn., May 27, 1869. to Mary J. Ludden, born April 2, 1848, in Livingston County. N. Y., daughter of Joseph and Electa (Benja- min) Ludden. Nine children have blessed this union-Jennie I., Victor, dying in infancy; Fronie E., Frank B., deceased; Bruce W., Minnie E., Idona I., Lanra, deceased. and Earnest Ray. Mr. Fralick has been very successful in life; he saved, between his eight- eenth and twenty-second birthday, over $1,20". He is a Democrat, politically.
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LORING E. GATES, farmer and proprietor of Highland Market Garden, P. O. Corry, was born in Fowler County, N. T., August 28, 1819, son of Ephraim and Zilpha (Lyons) Gates, who were the parents of nine children, six now living. Mr. Gates departed this life in 1881, aged eighty-three: his wife preceded him in 1858, aged sixty-nine. Our sub- ject settled near Wesleyville, Erie Co., Penn., about the year 1848. He has been twice married, first to Delight Bugee, by whom he had four children-Mary E., deceased; Lovel J .. Albert (. and Alice E. His wife dying, Mr. Gates subsequently married at Stockton, N. Y., July 6. 1871, Isabel Ervin, who was born November 10, 1829, in County Down, Ire- land, and when ten years of age emigrated to this country with her parents-David and Jane (Spratt) Ervin; the former is now residing at Stockton, N. Y., aged seventy-five. He was the parent of eight children, one deceased; his wife died in 1868, aged sixty-two years. Mr. Gates has had no children by his second marriage. He owns fifty-six and a quarter acres of well-improved land within the city limits, and makes a specialty of grow- ing garden truck. He is a successful. self-made man, and has lived on his present place twenty-two years.
JAMES D. HAMMOND, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Corry, was born at Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y., July 12, 1819, son of Paul and Abigail (Speer) Hammond. They set- tled on the present homestead, in Concord Township. Erie County, in 1837, which was then a wilderness. Our subject was united in marriage in this township on April 30, 1862. with Emeline H., daughter of Abram and Elsie (Wicks) Baxter, now hoth deceased; they were pioneers of this county. Mrs. Hammond was born in Wayne Township, Erie County, May 2, 1843. Two children have blessed this union-Charlie B. and Willie J. Mr. Ham- mond owns 235 acres of well-improved land, most of which he has himself cleared. He is a kind husband and father, and a highly respected citizen.
S. F. HAMMOND, farmer. stock-raiser and builder by trade, P. O. Corry, Penn., was born in the town of Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y., July 26, 1821. He was married in Co-
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lumbus, Warren Co., Penn., September 10, 1851, to Mary E. Pond, born in Sheridan, N. Y., November 10, 1833. Of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Hammond, three are living, viz., Clifton L., Dore and Samuel B. The deceased are Lawson P., died September 7, 1854; Florence J., died March 8, 1859; and Clifford S., died March 6, 1859. S. F. was a son of Paul Hammond, Jr., and a grandson of Ebenezer Speer. Panl Hammond, Jr., was born in the State of New York, January 26, 1797, and his wife, Abi- gail Speer, was born in Boston, Mass., March 14, 1799, and died in Concord, Erie County, Penn., August 3, 1880, and he died at the same place February 8, 1880. They were the parents of ten children, nine of whom are now living. They moved into Concord, Erie Co., Penn., March 4, 1837, from Cherry Creek, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Paul Hammond, the first, was born December 22, 1757, died at Brant, Erie County, N. Y., in 1833. Mary Fuller, his wife, born December 14, 1763, died in Concord, Erie Co., Penn., July 11, 1842. They were parents of fourteen children, seven boys and seven girls, who all lived to grow up. He was in the Revolutionary war seven years. S. F. Hammoud's maternal great- grandmother was Rachel Howard. Mrs. S. F. Hammond was a danghter of Elijah Pond and Betsey (Alden) Pond, who were pioneers of 1838 to Erie County, Peun., from Perrys- burg, Cattaragus Co., N. Y. Mr. Pond died in Concord, Erie Co., Penn., July 18, 1865; he was born in Torrington, Conn., June 29, 1800. Betsey, his wife, who still survives bim, is in her seventy-ninth year; she was born in Lester, Vt., September 14, 1805. They were parents of ten children, six of whom are now living. Mrs. Hammond's paternal grandfather was Abijah Pond; her paternal grandmother was Mahitible Pratt, and her maternal grandparents were Timothy Alden and Polly Smith.
ARNOLD A. HAMMOND, farmer and stock-raiser and dealer, also dealer in agricul- tural implements, P. O. Corry, was born in Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y .. October 17, 1825, son of Paul Hammond, also a native of the State of New York, who died in February, 1880, aged eighty-three years. He was the parent of ten children, nine living. Our sub- ject's mother was born in Boston, Mass., in 1799, died in 1881. Our subject was married, November 16, 1853, at Waynesville, now Beaver Dam, to Julia E. Baxter. Her father was a native of Vermont, born in 1800, died in 1873, and her mother died aged forty-three years. They were the parents of eight children, seven living. Arnold A. Hammond is the parent of four children, three living- Maylon P., born August 27, 1854; Wiley G., born November 4, 1857, and May E., horn June 2, 1868. Mr. Hammond has been a resident of Concord Township for upward of forty years, and has been engaged in agricultural busi- ness about twenty-five years.
WILLIAM HASBROUCK, farmer and dairying, P. O. Corry, was born at Wood- stock, Ulster County, N. Y., February 23, 1805. son of Daniel and Phche (Griffen) Has- brouck, early settlers of Woodstock; Daniel going there when two years old. He was a farmer, and the parent of fourteen children, three sons and three daughters, now living. Our subject acquired a common school education; he married at Kingston, Ulster County, N. Y., December 9, 1826, Luena, daughter of Charles and Rhoda (Wilber) Powell; she was born February 27, 1807. in Dutchess County, N. Y. Five children were born to this union-Lorenzo, married; Charlotte, wife of Jesse Perkins; Plicebe, wife of Darius Wal- ton; W. W., Jane, wife of Henry Valentine; all have families, and there are sixteen grand- children and four great-grandchildren. In 1837, Mr. Hasbrouck took up 100 acres of land, and brought his family here in 1838, and were the first to settle in this vicinity; he sub- sequently bought land until he owned 250 acres; he has given his children a part of this, and has eighty-six acres himself; Le states that he has often furnished his family with venison shot in this township; he has been financially successful in life; he is a Democrat in politics, casting his first Presidential vote for Andrew Jackson.
W. W. HASBROUCK, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Corry, was born on the farm where he now lives (which was a part of the old homestead) May 15, 1842, son of William and Lnena (Powell) Hasbrouck, residents of Concord Township. Our subject was mar- ried at the home of the bride in Concord, March 20, 1864, to Martha C. Haviland, who was born October 19, 1844, and died November 10, 1867, leaving one child-Albert L; Mr. Hasbrouck January 3, 1871, again married at Spartansburg, Penn., Sarah A., widow of J. R. Russell, and daughter of Allen S. and Rachel (Brink) Heath. She was born Octo- ber 12, 1850. at West Fairfield, Crawford Co., Penn. Three children have blessed this union-Frank A., Ursa B. and Winnie L. Mr. Hasbrouck owns 185 acres of improved land, and makes growing grass a specialty; he has always lived on the homestead, except- ing five years, two of which he spent in farming in this township, and the remainder of the time in the grocery business on Main street, Corry, with W. W. Powell as a partner, who was succeeded by J. D. Bentley, and retired in 1871, J. D. Bentley then continuing the business. Mr. Hasbrouck subscribes for several papers and is politically a Dem- ocrat.
HEMAN HEATH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Corry, was born in Sandisfield, Berkshire Co., Mass., August 24, 1814; son of Jesse and Sarah (Shifferd) Heath. The former died in Massachusetts in 1820, aged forty-six, and the latter in 1864, aged eighty- four. They were the parents of seven children, four living. At the age of eighteen, our subject moved to this county with his mother. He was married, September 10, 1834, to
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1 Julia E. Boutwell, born in New York State, August 7, 1817. To this union were born four children, three living and married-Miles R., F. S. and Emma O. (wife of Frank C. Price, M. D., of Painesville, Ohio); an infant died at the age of five months. Our subject is owner of three pieces of fine land, and two houses and lots in Corry; he has been a res- ident of Concord Township fifty-one years; he and wife are members of the church in which he has acted as Steward, Class Leader and Trustee; be also acted as Justice of the Peace five years; Constable. Assessor, Tax Collector, and filled other offices. In pol- itics, he is a Democrat.
ALDEN HIGGINS, farmer. P. O. Corry, was born in Exeter, Otsego Co., N. Y., October 23, 1821, son of Ansel and Betsy Higgins, natives of Connecticut, who set- tled in Crawford County, Penn., in 1840. Both are deceased; our subject was united in marriage at Sparta, Crawford Co., Penn., December 14, 1845, with Harriet Stowell, daughter of Oliver and Weltha (Parker) Stowell, both deceased. They were natives of Ver- mont. Mrs. Higgins was born in Vermont, April 19, 1821, and came to Erie County, Ohio, October 5, 1835, when fourteen years old. Five children have been given to Mr. Higgins and wife-Oliver L., born November 1, 1846, died May 23, 1877; Charles E., horn June 3, 1849; Augusta L., born July 7, 1851; George W., January 9, 1859, died June 3, 1859; Car- rie W., born March 29, 1862.
CHARLES E. HIGGINS, farmer, P. O. Corry, was born in this township, June 3, 1849; son of Alden and Harriet (Stowell) Higgins. Our subject was reared on the farm, and attended the common schools until fourteen years of age, when he left home; he served five months in Company E, Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, during the late war, then lived in the oil regions for twelve years, engaged in drilling wells. On Septem- ber 3, 1877, he was married at Buffalo, N. Y., to Deettie Bartlett, born at Lottsville, War- ren Co., Penn., February 8, 1853; daughter of Solomon and Sallie B. (Enches) Bartlett, residents of Buffalo. Mr. Bartlett is a hotel keeper: he was born in New York, April, 1808; his wife was born March, 1826; they are the parents of four children-Corren, Frank, Deettie and Lottie. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have one child-Ethel, born May 26, 1882; he owns forty-eight acres of land, a short distance from where he was born, and on which be has resided the last five years.
L. O. LINDSEY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Corry, was born at Stockton, Chau- tauqua County, N. Y., March 16, 1831, son of Eliakim and Rachel (Scoffield) Lindsey ; our subject was reared on his father's farm, and educated in the common schools; when twen- ty-two years of age, he settled in Concord, Erie County; he was united in marriage. in Union Township, in 1857, with Julia A. Triscuit, born in Wayne Township, this county, in 1832. Five children have blessed this union-Rachel S., Clarence Orson, Clifton Levi, Lonie May and Bertie Julian. Mr. Lindsey has resided in Pennsylvania ever since with the exception of one year: he now owns about 400 acres of land, on which he has resided since the year 1857; he makes a specialty of stock-raising; he is a successful, self-made man; a member of the church, a Democrat in politics.
E. H. LINDSEY, farmer, P. O. Corry, was born May 21, 1851, in this township, on the farm on which his parents settled December, 1850. He is a son of Amos and Amanda M. (Reed) Lindsey, the former of whom. who was engaged in lumbering business, is now deceased. The latter is residing with her son E. H. Our subject was reared on his father's farm, on which be has always lived, with the exception of eighteen months spent in Chautauqua County, N. Y. He acquired a common school education; was married to Ida L. Ives, born February 22, 1855. By this union was one child, now living-Harry W., born June 8, 1876. Mrs. Lindsey died May 11, 1881, and Mr. Lindsey was again united in matrimony, August 26, 1882, with Electa S. Wood, born at Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio, January 15, 1855, daughter of Newel and Frances (Hodges) Wood, who had four children. Mr. Lindsey owns fifty acres of land in this township, and has also an interest in some 100 acres more. He is, in politics, a Greenhacker.
LESLIE MINER, farmer and dairyman, P. O. Corry, was born in this township in 1832, son of Orin and Jane (Dixon) Miner, who came to this county about the year 1824. Our subject was united in marriage, August 30, 1854, with Hester C. Webber, horn in Columbus, Warren County, in May, 1841, daughter of S. and Artemesia Webber. Mr. Miner owns fifty acres of well-improved land, and has always been engaged in the dairy business. In politics, a Republican.
ISRAEL MINER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Corry, was born in this townsbip, on the farm where he now resides. and is a son of Orin and Jane (Dixon) Miner, wlio had a family of seven children. On his death the widow remarried and had one daughter -Elizabeth, deceased. Mrs. Miner was a native of Ireland, and came to this country when nine' years old. She died in 1880. Our subject was reared on the farm on which he has always resided, and attended the common schools. He is the owner of sixty-five acres of well-improved land. located two and a half miles from Corry. He is Republican in politics.
W. E. OLMSTEAD, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. Corry, was born in Woodstock, Ulster Co., N. Y., April 10, 1815, son of Elias and Sarah (Hoyt) Olmstead. Elias, who was a farmer and stock-dealer, was born at Reading, Fairfield Co., Conn., of Scotch, English, Ger- man and Polish extraction; he was drowned in the Susquehanna when our subject was five
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years old. His wife, born in Ridgefield, Conn., was of French-Puritan stock. They had ten children, six living. Our subject was reared on the farm, attending the common schools. He married in this township, October 27, 1842, Emily R. Ladu, born at Broom, Chenango Co., N. Y., February 14, 1826, daughter of Oliver P. and Hulda (Jacobs) Ladu, parents of seven children, four living. Mr. Ladu died in 1869; his widow in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead had fifteen children-Caroline, wife of Joseph Peet; Stewart, de- ceased; Hoyt E .; Adaline; Alsina, wife of M. P. Freleigh, William Arthur; Warwick L .; Ernest; Frank; John S .; Ettie: Eher E .: Ida May, wife of William K. Baxter; Charles L. and Fred L. In 1839, Mr. Olmstead settled on 100 acres of land, Sections 68 and 86, Concord Township, where he has since resided. He cleared away the dense forest, and has one of the finest farms in the county. He has been in twelve States; his wife spent some months in Kansas and Wisconsin in 1880. Mr. Olmstead has been a member forty years and Steward sixteen years in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife has also been a member forty years. He has subscribed for the Pittsburgh Christian Ad- vocate and New York Tribune over thirty years. He is a stanch Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote in 1836.
CORNELIUS STEVENSON, deceased, was born at Deckertown, N. J., November 19, 1803, son of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Corzelus) Stevenson, natives of New Jersey. The former, a son of Cornelius and Elizabeth Stevenson, was of English lineage. The latter was a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Corzelus, natives of Germany. Our subject was married, September 6, 1826, to Hannah Baxter. born at Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y .. Oc- tober 30, 1802, daughter of John and Dorcas (Whitlock) Baxter. They had a family of six children, named respectively: Isaiah, married, has no children; John B., married, died June 21, 1869; Dorcas Elizazethi, died September 11, 1850; Mary Ann; Cornelius; Hannah Louisa, who died October 16, 1845. Mr. Stevenson came to the township of Concord, April 10, 1837, where he lived until his death, which occurred October 8, 1860. His widow survived him until December 26, 1880. Mary Ann Stevenson, who is a very genial, pleas- ant lady, owns 130 acres of well-improved land, superintended by her brothers, who pride themselves on keeping fine horses, having some thoroughbreds of splendid action, promis- ing great speed.
H. S. VALENTINE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Corry. was born at Collins, Erie. Co., N. Y., June 21, 1840, son of George C. and Mary (Green) Valentine, parents of seven children. They are both now deceased. Our subject came to Erie County when twelve years old, and on May 10, 1863, was married in Concord Township, to Jane M. Hasbrook, born in this township June 25, 1846, daughter of William and Luena (Powell) Hasbrook, residents of Concord. Two children have blessed this union-Willie H. and Sadie E. Mr. Valentine served six months during the war of the rebellion. He is a first-class busi- ness man, and owns seventy-three acres of land, where he has resided some three years.
MARTIN WALSH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Corry, Box 202, was born in Nov., 1827, in County Mayo, Ireland, son of Martin and Catherine Walsh, deceased. Our sub- ject was married at Lockport, Niagara Co., N. Y., September 18, 1882, to Mary Keville, a native of the same province, who came to this county in 1845. She is a daughter of Patrick, a farmer and blacksmith, and Elizabeth Keville, both now deceased. The chil- dren born to this union are as follows: M. J., a liquor dealer at Bolivar, N. Y .; W. P., operator, station agent and coal dealer of Smithport, Penn .; Kittie E., who died when twenty-two years two months and six days old: Lizzie; Honor A., and Mary A., who is attending the convent school at Corry, Penn. Mr. Walsh has been a resident here since 1863, and is the owner of 106 acres of land in this township, and several lots in Corry. He commenced in life railroading and boarding the workmen. He is a successful, self-made man. His family are all Roman Catholics, and he and his sons are. politically, Democrats.
ZUR WOODIN, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. Corry, Penn., was born in Warren County. Penn., on the 28th of August, 1832, and is the fourth son of a family of seven chil- dren of David and Perthenia (Cobb) Woodin, natives of Monroe County, N. Y. "The Woodin family in America are descendants from Puritan stock, the original ancestors having came over with the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1628. The family does not seem to have been prolific, nor to have produced many distinguished men. They have been mainly tillers of the soil, of quiet, practical babits, virtuous and law-abiding citizens. The mother of our subject was of Irish ancestry, a smart, intellectual woman, of great energy and force of character; and from whom our subject inherits some of the most val- uable traits of his character." Zur remained on his father's farm until eighteen years of age, and acquired his education in the district school and in the Warren Academy, from which he graduated in 1851. He taught school one year, and then went to California, where he mined very successfully for five years. He was united in marriage at Columbus, Warren Co., Pa., September 3, 1857, with Maria S. Dewey, a native of that place, born September 6, 1838. Two children have blessed this union-Elva P., wife of W. D. Mc- Cray, and Velma J., at home. On October 15, 1869, Mr. Woodin settled in this township. He is a successful, self-made man. He owns 100 acres of well-improved land, and twenty acres of wood land. He is a Republican in politics.
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HENRY A. BARNEY, farmer, P. O. Cherry Hill, was born in Erie County, June 11, 1847, only son of Benjamin F. Barney. who came to Erie County about 1823, and settled on a farm which joins that of our subject, where he died May, 1882. He raised a family of three children, now living in this county. He was a prominent man in his section, re- spected by all and loved by his family. Henry A. Barney was united in marriage, October 4, 1866, with Florence G., daughter of Abner Scott, a native of Erie County, Penn., but now living in Ohio. But one child (deceased in infancy) was born to this union. Mrs. Barney's grandfather came from Vermont, settling in Erie County about the year 1820; he died in 1864. Mrs. Barney was born June 19, 1846. Both Mr. and Mrs. Barney are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The former is a Republican in politics; is owner of 110 acres of land. His grandfather, Barney, and his wife's grandfather, Scott, were soldiers in the war of 1812.
JAMES M. BENTLEY, farmer and dealer in nursery stock, P. O. Albion, was born August 10, 1846, in Erie County, Penn. He is a son of Martin Bentley, who died Novem- ber, 1878, a native of New York, and an early settler of Erie County. Mr. James M. Bentley has lived most of his life in Conneaut. He has been engaged in selling nursery stock in most of the Central States for several years. Mr. Bentley was united in marriage, November 22, 1871, with Miss Rose, a daughter of M. A. Harrington. But one child has blessed this union, viz., Lizzie M. Mrs. Bentley departed this life January 7, 1880. Mr. Bentley is the owner of 125 acres of land, known as the Keep & Randall farms, in Erie County, eighty-five acres in Crawford County, and a nice residence in Albion. He is one of the energetic business men of Erie County. He is a P. M. of A., F. & A. M., and is a member of the I. O. O. F .; is a Prohibitionist in politics.
MODE BROWN, farmer, P. O. Cherry Hill, was born on the farm he now occupies in Conneaut Township, Penn., July 18, 1842, son of King Brown, who settled on the farm where our subject lives at present, in 1831. Here he raised a family of four boys, all now liv- ing in the township. He was a member of the Christian Church, and quite prominent in church matters. His decease occurred June 4, 1881. Our subject was united in marriage, October 18, 1866, with Miss Louisa, daughter of William M. and Maria S. Griffey. Her father, who was born here, is a son of George Griffey, who came from New York in 1800, and died in 1843. Mrs. Brown taught school for several terms before her marriage, and is a very intelligent lady. They are the parents of one child, Morton L., born June 15, 1875. Mr. Brown bas 100 acres of land, a part of his father's old homestead. He is an A., F. & A. M. of Albion, and a strong Republican.
MARCUS A. BUMPUS, farmer, P. O. Albion, was born January 2, 1809, in Madison County, N. Y., and is a son of Isaac Bumpus, also a native of New York State, who came to Erie County, Penn., in the fall of 1839, with his family. He was a prominent man, a surveyor by profession. He raised a family of five boys and five girls, four of whom are still living. He died October 3, 1860. Our subject has lived in Conneaut Township ever since 1839. He was united in marriage, in 1841 with Miss Maria. daughter of James McDonnell, of New York State, where she also was born in 1818. They have been the parents of three children, all surviving, viz .: Henry H., Martha I. (wife of Albert H. Pat- tison) and Alta M. (now attending school in Buffalo). They have also raised a son of Mr. Bumpus' brother, and Mrs. Bumpus' sister's child. They are both members of the Univer- salist Church. He owns a fine farm of 100 acres. Mr. Bumpus is a Democrat in politics, never voting any other ticket. He has always been a prosperous farmer, and has made all his property by hard work.
JASPER N. CLARK, farmer, P. O. Cherry Hill, was born May 1, 1844, in Cavendish, Windsor Co., Vt., son of Zenos Clark, of Vermont. Mr. Jasper N. Clark enlisted Sep- tember 10, 1861, in the Second Vermont Infantry, Company I, and served in Smith's Di- vision of Brooks Brigade. He was with the Army of the Potomac, participating in the battle of Williamsburg and in several skirmislies. He was honorably discharged Octo- ber 31, 1862, at Burlington, Vt., on account of physical disability, for which he now re- ceives a pension. Mr. Clark came to Erie County in 1872, and February 28, of same year, was married to Mi-s Eliza A., daughter of L. C. Fisher, of Crawford County. She was born December 18, 1852. They have no children. Our subject is the owner of fifty-five acres of improved land. His wife's father and mother live with him. He is a member of the G. A. R., is a Republican in politics, was a good soldier and is a good citizen.
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