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WILLIAM P. BLACKWELL was born in Morris, in 1848, and is a son of George and Mary H. Blackwell. In 1881 he married Miss Ella Wilkins. He has built a hotel at Blackwell's, of which he is proprietor.
ABRAM L. BODINE was born in Wellsboro, in 1832. He married in 1855 Miss Julia H. Tillotson, of Otsego county, N. Y. After the ups and downs of business life he is now postmaster at Morris, and proprietor of the Morris Hotel, which he built in 1878. His parents were Ellis M. and Margaret Bodine.
GEORGE E. BROWN, of Morris, is a native of Stamford, Conn., born in 1844. He married Miss Elizabeth Mad- dock, of Wellsville, N. Y., in 1870. They have three children. In 1865 he engaged in the tanning business at Wellsville, in 1875 in Lackawanna county, Pa., and in 1881 at Morris, where he is superintendent of the Bruns- wick tannery of Hoyt Bros., of New York, the largest in- stitution of the kind in the world, of which an account is given on page 201.
DANIEL A. CALHOUN is a son of James and Eliza Calhoun, and was born in Lawrenceville, Pa., in 1854. He married in 1881 Miss Permelia Emmick, of Morris. He is superintendent of the planing and feed mills.
WILLIAM B. CAMPBELL's parents were William E. and Julia Campbell. He was born in Bradford county, Pa., in 1854, and in 1877 married Lottie, daughter of Edwin and Charlotte Snyder. His children are Alta and Ar- thur. Formerly a farmer, Mr. C. is now a miller by trade; he came to Morris in 1882 as foreman for An- drews & Morgan, of Blossburg.
MATTHEW H. CLARKE, son of John and Ellen Clarke, was born in county Roscommon, Ireland, in 1845. He came to America in childhood. He has been a cabinet- maker and a stone cutter, and is now foreman of the finishing department of the Brunswick tannery.
SAMUEL CLARK was born in Morris, in 1845. In 1864 he married Miss Mary Best, of Dansville, N. Y., who died in 1879. By occupation he is a carpenter and joiner. His parents were Robert and Rachel Clark.
JOHN I. EMMICK, son of William and Sarah M. Em- mick, was born in Morris, in 1835. He married Miss Elizabeth Sackrider, of Liberty. He enlisted in 1861 in Company H 35th P'a. volunteers, and the following year was discharged for disability. In 1864 he re-enlisted, in Company I 207th Pa., and served to the end of the war. Formerly a blacksmith, he is now a farmer, owning 53 acres.
JOHN E. EVANS is a native of Dansville, Pa., born September 5th 1845. He married Ellen M. Allen, of Fall Brook. He is now a merchant in Morris.
ROBERT H. FLEMMING was born in Corning, N. Y., in 1822. He married Catherine E. Greek, of Addison, N. Y., in 1844. Of their ten children five survive. In
1858 he removed to Dundee, Mich .; in 1870 to Antrim, Pa., and in 1880 to Morris, where he now resides.
He married Miss Lydia Clark, of Narrowsburg, in 1876. He located in Morris in 1881, and opened Gavitt's boarding-house.
WELLWOOD C. GILLESPIE was born in Binghampton, N. Y., in 1831. He married Miss Emma Smith, of Morris, in 1866, and they have six children. He en- listed in 1861 in battery G ist Pa. artillery, and served 26 months. In 1863 he enlisted in Company G 8th Pa. cavalry, and served to the end of the war. He was in several battles. In 1866 he came with his brother to Morris and purchased the Duffee mill, which they now run. He has been assessor seven years.
THOMAS H. GOUGH, son of John and Mary Gough, was born in Staffordshire, England, in 1855. In 1865 he came to America; located at Plymouth, Pa., then at Gouldsborough, and settled in Morris in 1881, as fore- nian in the wagon shop of Hoyt Bros'. tannery. In 1876 he married Miss Alice Harper, of Camden county, N. J.
HORACE W. HOLDEN, tinsmith and merchant in Mor- ris, was born April 25th 1827, in Mansfield. He served in the medical department of the army from 1861 to 1864. His wife was Laura A. Williams, of Richmond township.
JOHN W. KELLAM is a son of William and Dulcina Kellam. He was born in Damascus, Pa., in 1845. In 1872 he married Miss Mary Lawpaugh, of Sullivan county, N. Y. They have two children. Mr. K. came from Damascus to Morris in 1881, and established him- self in the carriage-making and blacksmithing business.
EDWARD KENNEDY was born in Greenfield, N. Y., in 1844. His wife was Maria, daughter of Heman and Asenath Brown, of Wells, N. Y .; they have four children. Mr. K. came in 1881 from Wellsville, N. Y., to Morris, where he is inside foreman at the Brunswick tannery. His parents were Jeremiah and Catherine Kennedy.
JAMES I. W. LEWIS, son of James W. and Elizabeth Lewis, was born in Lycoming county, in 1824, and mar- ried in 1852 Miss Harriet Duffee, of Morris; of their ten. children eight survive. Mr. L. has been a farmer in Morris many years; now owns 220 acres of land.
J. B. MCCLOSKEY, M. D., was born in Chapman, Pa., April 19th 1844. His wife was Miss Jennie Welsh, of Bald Eagle, Pa. He was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1874, and commenced practice in Clinton county. In 1882 he located at Morris, where he continues to practice and has opened a drug store.
WILLIAM MCGILLIVRAY was born in Caroline, N. Y., in 1851. His wife was Miss Jennie Oliver, of Tompkins county, N. Y. He enlisted in 1865 in the regular army, and served three years on the western frontier; was hon- orably discharged in 1868. He located in Morris in 1881, and is an engineer.
STEWART MILLER, son of James and Rosanna Miller, was born in Hamilton, Pa., in 1848, and in 1861 married Susan, daughter of Josiah and Anna Deiter. He was formerly engaged in lumbering, but in 18So settled in Morris as outside foreman of the Brunswick tannery.
JOHN SEBRING is a son of Robert and Phebe Sebring, and was born in Liberty, Pa., in 1849. He married El- len, daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth Rider, of Illinois. Of their six children four are living. Mr. S. located in Morris in 1882, and with his brother Grant, as the firm of Sebring Bros., opened a hotel; they are also engaged in the grocery trade and in a large bakery.
ERNEST L. SHINNERLING is a native of Prussia, and was born in 1845. He came to America in 1866, and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes at
WARREN T. GAVITT was born in Damascus, Pa., in 1852, and is a son of William H. and Violetta Gavitt. [Gouldsborough till 1881, when he removed to Morris and
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engaged in the same business. In 1867 he married Mary Turner, was born in Ulster county, N. Y., in 1849. He Jane Lizedlear, of Chestnut Hill, Pa., who died in 1876. married Miss Catherine Clark, of Rockland, N. Y. They In 1878 he married Miss Fanny Degger, of Stroudsburg. have three children. He came to Tioga county in 1881, and engaged in blacksmithing. They have three children.
SIMON SMITH, son of Philander and Julia A. Smith, was born in Port Benjamin, N. Y., in 1850. He mar- ried Sally, daughter of Joseph and Sally Smith, of Gouldsborough, Pa. They have one son. Mr. Smith is chief engineer of the Brunswick tannery.
LUKE TUNNEY is a native of county Mayo, Ireland, and a son of James and Bridget Tunney. He was born in 1849, and came to America in 1867, locating in Lewis county, N. Y .; in 1869 he removed to Sullivan county, Pa., and in 1881 to Morris, where he opened a saloon and eating-house.
BENJAMIN VAUGHN is a son of Watkin and Margaret Vaughn, and was born in Wales, in IS4S. In 1871 he married Miss Anna E. Best, of Arnot; they have five children. Mr. V. came to America in childhood, and has been a resident of Tioga county for years. He set- tled in Morris in 1882, and opened a store for the sale of groceries, confectionery, etc. Formerly he carried on a farm.
BENJAMIN WHITEHEAD, son of Ezra and Elizabeth Whitehead, was born in Lycoming county, Pa., in 1854. He is a merchant in Morris, of the firm of B. Whitehead
CORNELIUS W. TURNER, son of William and Rachel | & Co., dealers in general merchandise.
RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, MANSFIELD BOROUGH.
WILLIAM ADAMS, son of Lyman and Sophia Mantor and a native of Wallingford, Conn. He was born in Adams, from Massachusetts, was born in Tioga village, 1813. In 1845 he removed from Earlville, N. Y., to March 24th 1816. His wife was Ruth A. Daily, of Mansfield, and was engaged in mercantile business and Tioga. In 1830 he was apprenticed in the office of the lumbering many years. He subsequently sold out and Tioga Pioncer; in 1837 he bought out the paper and be- began the manufacture of furniture; he retired in 1880. In 1837 he married Miss Harriet Thompson, of Smith- came the editor, changing its name to the Tioga Dem- ocrat. In 1840 he removed it to Lawrenceville, and field, N. Y., who died in 1849. In 1852 he was married to Miss Lucinda Clark.
called it the Lawrenceville Sentinel. He sold it, and in 1842 bought a farm in Rutland, and commenced the study of law. In 1855 he settled at Mansfield. He has practiced law and been a magistrate 25 years.
CLARENCE E. ALLEN, son of Prof. Fordyce A. and Sarah Allen, was born in 1846, in Chautauqua county, N. Y. His wife was Miss Esther Mills, of Lawrence- ville. He came to Mansfield in 1864, and is a well-to-do farmer.
ZIMRI ALLEN is a native of Cheshire county, N. H., born in 1828. In 1857 he married Miss Lucena Stevens, of Middlebury, Pa. In 1854 he came from Massachu- setts to Chatham, in 1857 removed to Richmond, and in 1861 bought the farm of 82 acres where he now resides. He has been supervisor, and has held other offices.
JOSEPH BALLARD is a native of Burlington, Pa., born in 1809. In 1828 he married Miss Mary A. Bowman, of Towanda, who died in 1857. In 1868 he married Mrs. Rebecca Baker, of Sullivan, Pa. He has four children. In 1841 he settled in Sullivan and purchased 200 acres of land. In 1868 he located at Mansfield, where he now lives.
LEROY BALLARD, of Richmond, was born in Sullivan, in 1842. He married Miss Louisa Harrington, of Co- lumbia, Pa. They have two children. He is engaged in agricultural pursuits.
JOHN M. BARDEN, M. D., was born in Benton, Yates county, N. Y., in 1834, and located in Tioga county in 1853. He studied medicine, and in 1862 was graduated at the New York City Homoeopathic Medical College. He commenced practice in Roseville, and located at Mansfield in 1881. His wife was Harriet H., daughter of Joseph and Phebe Ketchum.
WILLIAM W. BAYNES, son of John and Agnes Baynes, was born in southern Pennsylvania in 1830, and died in 1872. In early life he removed to Rochester, N. Y., with his parents; returning in 1852 he purchased the farm on which his widow and a son, W. H. Baynes, reside. In 1855 he married Miss Rosetta Walker.
LYMAN BEACH is a son of Lyman and Patty Beach,
AUGUSTUS N. BENEDICT, born in 1830, in Coventry, N. Y., came with his parents in 1837 to the west part of Richmond, where they located on the Post road. In 1857 he purchased the farm of 60 acres where he now resides. He married Miss Olive Jennings, of Richmond. He has been supervisor of the township.
ORSON A. BENEDICT was born in IS40, in Richmond. He enlisted in 1861 in Company G 45th Pennsylvania volunteers; was in the battles of Antietam, South Moun- tain and others, and was honorably discharged in 1863. He married Miss Emma R. Kittle, of Fulton county, Pa., in 1867. He owns and carries on a farm of 107 acres.
THURSTON J. BENTLEY, son of Isaac W. and Milley Bentley, was born in Rutland, Pa., in 1857. His wife was Miss Ida Benedict, of Richmond; they have one child. Mr. Bentley is a farmer and owns 76 acres.
ASA A. BULLOCK was born in 1825, in Columbia, Pa. In 1855 he married Lucelia, daughter of Virgilius Sweet, of Richmond. He removed from Bradford county in 1867 to his farm of 133 acres in Richmond, where he now lives.
CHARLES I. CAPELL, son of Henry and Fanny Capell, is a native of Santa Cruz, Canada, born in 1835. He came to Blossburg in 1869, and was brakeman and fire- man on the Tioga railroad seven years. In 1876 he went into the hardware trade in Mansfield with F. Kohler, and in ISSt he opened a grocery and restaurant. His wife was Miss Adeline Shailer, of Merricksville, Canada.
J. B. CLARK JR., son of Justus B. and Catherine Clark, was born in Richmond, in 1832. He married Susan, daughter of James and Phoebe Lucas, of Troy. He en- listed in 1861 in Company B IoIst Pa. volunteers, and served four years. He was taken prisoner at Plymouth, N. C., in 1864; was wounded at Fair Oaks in 1862. He has been a farmer and butcher, and in 1881 established the firm of J. B. Clark & Son, dealers in flour and feed at Mansfield.
MELVIN L. CLARK was born in Richmond, near Mans-
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field, April Toth 1840. He enlisted in September 1861 in Company B IoIst Pa. volunteers; served as second lieutenant, then as captain for nearly three years; was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel May 20th 1865, and was mustered out in July following. He married Sarah L. Beach, of Mansfield, January 3d 1866.
PHINEAS V. CLARK is a native of Richmond, born in 1838. He married Miss Lena Niffen, of New York city. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B ToIst Pa. volunteers; was in the battle of Williamsburg, and was discharged for disability in 1862. He was for thirteen years rail- road station agent and telegraph operator at Mansfield. He was a trustee of the normal school seven years. In 1874 he built nearly opposite the depot a large brick dwelling, which in 1876 was opened as a hotel by John Vanosten. In 1881 Mr. Clark left his business in New York city, enlarged and refitted the house and named it Clark's Hotel, of which he is now proprietor.
CLARK E. CLAUS, son of Benjamin and Nancy Claus, was born February 26th 1855, in Charleston. His wife was Miss Nancy Doxtater, of Herkimer county, N. Y. In 1876 he with S. E. Kemble purchased the livery bus- iness of John Vanosten. In 1879 he bought the entire interest, and he has greatly enlarged the establishment.
GEORGE W. COVENEY was born in 1857, in Covington. He came from Monroetown, Pa., in 1872 to Mansfield. His wife was Miss Lelia Bullock, of Richmond. By oc- cupation he is an engineer. His parents were Joseph and Philena Coveney.
LEWIS CRUTTENDEN is a native of England, born in Sussex county, in 1813. In 1834 he married Miss Ann Watters, from the same county. He came to America in 1833 and settled at Peekskill, N. Y. In 1836 he en- gaged on the Croton water works. In 1839 he purchased 50 acres of land on Lamb's Creek, in Tioga county, where he has since resided.
ROBERT CROSSLEY was born in 1836, in Yorkshire, England, and married there Miss Nannie Barrett in 1860. He came to America in 1862, and after two years located at Mansfield, where he has a market garden of 18 acres, which furnishes employment for five men.
CHARLES DAY was born at West Lawrence, N. Y., in 1844. His wife was Miss Anna Carter. He came with his parents in 1857 from Steuben county, N. Y., to Richmond. He enlisted in 1864 in Company K 210th Pennsylvania volunteers, and served through the war. He was in the battle of Hatcher's Run, and he was com- plimented by General Meade for bravery on the 6th of February in capturing from the enemy the colors of the 3d Delaware and carrying them through the fight. He is now engaged in the mercantile business.
CHARLES B. DIKE, son of Henry and Martha Dike, was born in 1859, in Lycoming county. He married in 1881 Miss Martha C. Austin, of Richmond. He is junior member of the firm of Henry Dike & Son, lumber manufacturers and proprietors of Dike's saw-mill.
EDWARD DOANE, son of Julius and Maria Doane, was born in Oswego county, N. Y., in 1840. His wife was Miss E. M. Graves, of Covington. He came to Tioga county in 1843, with his parents; removed from Bloss- burg to Mansfield in 1880, and purchased the planing works of Joel Parkhurst, which he has since carried on, employing from six to eight men, manufacturing sash, doors and blinds. He enlisted in 1864 in the 167th Pa. volunteers, and served through the war.
CHESTER W. FENTON, born in 1842, in Charleston, married in 1866 Miss Lanra Goodale, of Richmond. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F 11th Pa. cavalry; was wounded before Richmond in 1864: was in the battle of Hart, of Rutland.
Weldon, N. C., and others, and was discharged at the end of the war. His present occupation is farming.
LUCIUS L. FLOWER was born in 1842, in Newark, N. Y. In 1868 he married Miss Stella S. Coles, who died in 1876. In 1877 he married Miss Wilhelmina Verscel- ius, of Watkins, N. Y. He enlisted in 1862 in Company I 103d N. Y. volunteers ("Seward Regiment ") and was honorably discharged in 1865. In 1866 he located in Tioga county, and, with Lucius Flower, his father, and Stephen Wartons, he built a steam saw-mill. In 1871 they built another further along Lamb's Creek, which they still carry on.
M. H. FRALIC, born at Lamb's Creek, Pa., in 1844, mar- ried Miss M. J. Doane, of Covington, in 1869. He en- listed in 1864 in Company K 210th Pa. volunteers; was in the battle of Hatcher's Run, Weldon and Gravel Run, where he was wounded, and was discharged in 1865. He is one of the firm of Fralic Bros., proprietors of the Lamb's Creek steam saw-mill.
D. A. GAYLORD was born in Mansfield, February 10th 1850, and is a life-long resident. His first wife was Miss Emma Elliott, who died January 9th 1877. In Septem- ber 1879 he married Mary E. Beckwith, of Pine City, N. Y. He is a salesman; his occupation formerly was blacksmithing; he was a member of the common council two years.
IRA GILE is a native of Oneonta, N. Y., born in 1812. He married Miss Maria Mantor, of the same place. He located in 1838 on a farm of 102 acres in Tioga, which he still owns. In 1846 he moved into Richmond, where he now resides.
MILTON R. GOODALL's birthplace was Richmond, and the year 1845. His wife was Miss Helen Knowlton, of Sullivan. He enlisted in 1864 in Company K 3d Pa. heavy artillery; was soon transferred to the 188th in- fantry, and served through the war. He was graduated in 1872 at the Mansfield musical academy. In 1881 he was elected magistrate. He is by occupation a carpen- ter and joiner and lumber manufacturer.
SAMUEL S. GOODALL was born in Richmond, in 1856. He married in 1880 Miss Ella Close, of Chatham. His business is farming. He was town clerk in 1879. His father, Samuel Goodall, came from England with his parents in 1831, and settled at Crooked Creek. He was a wheelwright. In 1843 he married Anna Whitaker, who died in 1853, leaving four children. He then married Mrs. Ellen Mcclellan, and their son is Samuel S.
VOLNEY W. GOODALL was born in Richmond, in 1860. He owns a farm of 90 acres. His father, William Goodall, born in England in 1817, came to America in 1830. In 1854 he married Sophia A., daughter of Leander K. and Lovina Spencer. He died in 1873, leaving two children.
TRUMAN GRAVES, son of Elisha and Caroline Graves, was born in 1817, in Schoharie county, N. Y .; came to Richmond in 1843, and in 1844 married Miss Louisa M. Randall, of Smithfield, Pa. He is a farmer, owning 106 acres. His father, Elisha Graves, was a soldier of 1812; he died in 1871, at his son's residence.
SILAS HALL's birthplace was Aurelius, N. Y. He was born in 1811, and in 1826 located in Jackson, Pa., near the Bradford county line. He married Miss Jane Sims, in 1835. He removed in 1880 to Richmond, where he resides on a farm.
ADAM HART was born in 1823, in Lawrenceville. He married in 1845 Miss Eva Dibler, who died in 1862. His second wife, who was Miss Jane H. Crowfoot, died in 1865. The present Mrs. Hart was Miss Lydia M. In 1867 Mr. Hart purchased the
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farm in Richmond where he now resides. His father, John Hart, was a native of Germany; came to America in childhood and settled near Lawrenceville, where his parents kept a hotel several years.
WILLIAM HOLLANDS is a native of Sussex county, England, born in 1812. His wife was Miss Charlotte Cruttenden, of the same county: they were married in 1836. He came to America in 1850, and opened the first harness shop in Mansfield. He was one of the council to incorporate Mansfield, in 1857, and has been burgess three years. In 1865 he was appointed lay reader for conducting an Episcopal church service, and in 1866 a church was organized, of which Mr. H. was financial manager and is senior warden, also superinten- dent of the Sunday-school. He is vice-president, and was secretary for many years of the State normal school. His sons George and Charles enlisted in the Union army in 186r. The former was taken prisoner in 1864, and never recovered from his eight months' imprisonment at Andersonville. Charles was killed at Fredericksburg in 1862.
STEPHEN HORTON is the son of John H. and Irene Horton. He was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1835. He enlisted in 1863 in the State militia when Lee invad- ed Pennsylvania; re-enlisted, in Company E 35th Pa. construction corps, and served to the end of the war. In 1867 he purchased the farm in Richmond where he re- sides. His wife was Miss Prudence Allen, of Rutland.
PROF. W. S. HULSLANDER is a native of Sullivan, and was born November 26th 1852. He graduated from the Mansfield State normal school in 1877; was appointed principal of the model school in 1877, and still holds that position. He married Miss Mamie Coyle, of Port Royal, Pa.
DAVID J. HUSTED was born in Rutland, in 1830. He first married Miss Anna Jerrold, of Richmond, in 1853. She died in 1873, and in 1874 he married Miss Mary Shaw, of Richmond. In 1856 he purchased the farm in Richmond where he resides. He has been superinten- dent of the poor, and supervisor, and has held minor offices.
HENRY K. HUSTED, son of James and Catherine Hus- ted, was born at Southport, Chemung county, N. Y., in 1823, and came to Tioga county in childhood with his parents. In 1848 he married Miss Ann J. Evans, of Blossburg. He has been a magistrate five years. His occupation is farming.
JOHN C. IRETON was born in Burlington county, N. J., in 1821. When 14 he was apprenticed to Charles and Samuel Sykes and brought by them to Richmond. At 21 he commenced for himself, and he now owns 200 acres of good land. In 1851 he married Miss Mary A. Spencer.
WILLIAM H. KINNEY, son of Charles C. and Mary A. Kinney, was born in Providence, R. I., in 1840. His wife was Miss Ellen Smith, of Sheridan, N. Y. He was bookkeeper and paymaster for the Tioga railroad in Elmira for a time, and came to Tioga county in 1877. He is station agent and telegraph operator at Mansfield.
LEWIS KOHLER, born in Tioga, in 1843, enlisted in 1864 in Company K 207th Pa. volunteers, and served to the close of the war; was wounded in battle before Petersburg, and was honorably discharged. In 1866 he married Miss Phoebe J. Webster, of Charleston. His business is farming, and he owns 175 acres.
JOHN W. KOHN is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, born in 1837. He came to this country in 1854, located at Mansfield, and learned the trade of tanner and cur- rier. In 1862 he married Miss Nancy Rockwell, of
Mansfield. They have seven children. In 1876 he pur- chased the farm of 365 acres where he now resides.
HORATIO H. LAMB, son of Lorain Lamb, was born at Lamb's Creek, in 1820. In 1852 he married Miss Cath- erine Coffee, daughter of Peter and Catherine Coffee, of Brooklyn, N. Y. She died in 1869, leaving four chil- dren. In 1870 he married Mrs. Abbie S. Chandler, of New York city. He enlisted August 25th 1862 in Com- pany B 170th N. Y. volunteers; was wounded at Ream's Station in 1864, and was honorably discharged. He was a corporal. He is a carpenter and joiner by trade. GARDNER A. LONGWELL was born in Sussex county, N. J., in 1825. His parents, John and Margaret Long- well, removed to Tioga county from Canada in 1832, and settled in Rutland. His wife was Miss Sarah Jerald, of Richmond. In 1878 he purchased his present farm in Richmond.
ISAAC LOWNSBERY was born in Schoharie county, N. Y., in ISTI. His father, Isaac Lownsbery, served seven years in the Revolutionary war, and in 1818 located at Canoe Camp, Tioga county, on 160 acres of land, where he remained during life. Isaac in 1832 married Miss Laura A. Gillett, who died in 1846, leaving five children. In 1848 he married Mrs. Zilla Edsall, of Southport, N. Y. He is a farmer.
ELIAS MILLER is a native of Herkimer county, N. Y., and was born in 1809. He married there Miss Eliza Putman, in 1842. In 1851 he bought 100 acres of land on the Mainesburg road in Richmond, where he now resides.
ORAMEL NEWELL, son of Lyman and Lydia Newell, was born in Troupsburg, N. Y., in 1839. He came to Tioga county in 1865, and engaged in the practice of dentistry, in which he is now engaged at Mansfield. In 1870 he married Miss Emma A. Rockwell, who died in 1873.
HORACE ODELL was born in 1844. in Mansfield. His father, Alexander Odell, removed to Tioga county in 1844 and settled in Covington, where he still resides. Horace married Miss Mary Jane Dike, of Richmond, in 1855. In 1862 he was drafted, and served a year in Company A I71st Pa. infantry. He is now a farmer and owns 125 acres.
ALMERON PERRY was born in 1846, in Richmond, on the farm where he still resides. In 1870 he married Miss Jennie Davey, who died in 1877, leaving two chil- dren. In 1879 he married Miss Carrie Pratt, of Rich- mond. His father, Marvin Perry, came from Otsego county, N. Y., in 1828, and married Miss Laura Gaylord, of Mansfield, by whom he had six children. In 1831 he took up 80 acres of wild land on the Mainesburg road, where his son Almeron still lives.
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