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WILSON C. PHELPS, son of Gilbert and Eliza Phelps, was born in Mansfield, in 1844. His wife was Miss Mary D. Maxwell, of Coudersport, Potter county. He is proprietor of the Wilson mill and a manufacturer of lumber.
PHILEMON D. REXFORD'S birthplace was Harmony, N. Y. He was born in 1839, and in 1859 married Miss Louisa J. Smith, of Sullivan. In 1865 he engaged with the Morris Run Coal Company, and he became outside foreman. In 1876 he bought the farm of 125 acres in Richmond, where he now resides.
JACOB K. RIBBLE was born at Belvidere, N. J., in 1828, and came with his parents to Liberty township in 1832. He married Miss Dorothy L. Schmouder, of Germany. He enlisted in 1864 in Company E 207th Pa. volunteers, and died of disease in front of Petersburg, Va., January 16th 1865. His widow, Mrs. D. L. Ribble, came to Mansfield in 1873.
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AMENZO A. RICHMOND is a son of Ananias and Sally A. Richmond. He was born in Sullivan township, in 1851. His wife was Miss Carrie Hulslander, of Sullivan. He owns a farm of 92 acres.
PHILIP S. RIPLEY was born in Burns, N. Y., in 1812, and came with his parents to Tioga county in 1815. His father, Rev. Nehemiah Ripley, was sent there as a mis- sionary of the Baptist church, and after some years pur- chased a farm on Corey Creek, where he resided until his death, in 1849. Philip S. married Miss Lorana Webster, of Sullivan, in 1837. He is a farmer and owns 120 acres.
WILLIAM A. ROWLAND, publisher of the Mansfield Advertiser, was born December Ist 1835, in Toronto. He married Miss Mary A. Gwynne, of Murray, N. Y. The paper issued by him was started by H. C. Mills, as the T'alley Enterprise. Afterward it was renamed and con- ducted by V. A. Elliott, by O. D. Goodenough, by Good- enough & Pratt, by Goodenough & Lewis, by A. E. Lewis for a short time, and in October 1878 Mr. R. took it in charge.
FRANCIS M. SHAW, born in 1831, is a native of Rich- mond. He enlisted in 1861 in Company BroIst Pa. volunteers, and re-enlisted for the war; was taken pris- soner at Plymouth, confined in the Andersonville and Florence prison pens, exchanged at Wilmington, and honorably discharged in 1865. He married Miss Celia O. Seeley in 1865. He is by occupation a farmer. He is a trustee of the State normal school.
HARRY B. SHAW, born in 1838, in Mansfield, enlisted at the first call for troops in 1861; re-enlisted, in Com- pany B Toist Pa. volunteers; was honorably discharged in 1863 at Newbern; was in the battles of Fair Oaks, Blackwater, Yorktown and others. He married Miss Martha E. Howe, of Mansfield. His occupation is farming and he owns 100 acres.
SEYMOUR D. SHAW was born in Richmond, in 1852, and married Miss Alice Grover, also of Richmond, in 1879. He owns a farm of 90 acres. His father, Andrew J. Shaw, married Minerva Love, of Richmond. They had five children, of whom three are living. Andrew J. died in 1879, aged 52.
WILLIAM E. SHERMAN was born in 1828, in Springfield, Pa. In 1862 he came to Richmond and purchased the farm of 129 acres where he now resides. He married in 1850 Miss Emeline Parsons, of Columbia, Pa., who died in 1854, leaving two children. In 1855 he married Miss Catherine Courtney, of Troy. They have seven children.
JESSE D. SMITH's birthplace was Rochester, Mass., and the year was 1813. In 1839 he married Miss Laura E. Welton, of Franklin, N. Y., and the same year settled in Tioga county. He removed to Mansfield in 1860, and is engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes.
A. M. SPENCER, son of Leander K. and Lovina Spencer, was born at Canoe Camp, in 1820. In 1841 he married Miss Sarah Goodall, who died in 1866; they had three children. He married Sarah E. Caldwell, of Wellsboro, in 1 869. They have one child. He has been county treas- urer one term. His principal business has been lumbering.
ELWIN A. SPENCER was born in 1854, in Richmond. By occupation he is a farmer and lumberman. He was elected town clerk in 1879, and held the office one term.
FRANCIS M. SPENCER, son of Leander and Jane Spencer, was born at Canoe Camp, in 1840. He mar- ried Margaret M., daughter of Gilbert and Minerva Searles. He enlisted August 24th 1861 in Company F IIth Pa. cavalry, and served during the war, principally with the army of the Potomac. He came to Mansfield in 1865 and established himself as a photographer.
MORGAN M. SPOOR is a native of Delhi, N. Y., and
was born in 1820. In 1842 he married Betsey Fitzsimmons, of Chemung county, N. Y. He located in Middlebury in 1860 as a manufacturer of lumber. In 1869 he purchased the farm of 85 acres in Richmond which he now owns.
LEVI A. STARKEY is a son of Joseph and Lydia Starkey and a native of New Hampshire; he was born in 1819. In 1843 he married Miss Phila Whitcomb, who died in 1866. In 1869 he was united in marriage with Mrs. Amelia D. White. With his parents he came from New Hampshire to Susquehanna county, Pa., in 1844; to Tioga county in 1847, where they took up 64 acres of wild land in Richmond. Levi A. is a farmer.
WILLIAM J. STRATTON, son of Seymour and Susan (Lownsbery) Stratton, was born in 1844, in Richmond. His wife was Josephine Gillett, of Richmond. His father's family located in Mansfield in 1815. He is a farmer and owns 195 acres.
WENTWORTH T. VEDDER, M. D., was born in Oxford, Wis., April 7th 1858. He was graduated in 1880 from the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons; came from Schenectady, N. Y., to Mansfield, July 5th 1880, and engaged in the practice of his profession.
NELSON S. WALKER was born in Red Hook, N. Y., in 1838. He married Miss Ann Davis, of Mansfield, in 1862. He is a farmer. His father, Joseph Walker, came to Mansfield in 1838, and was the first brick maker in the town. In 1843 he purchased 50 acres of land near Mansfield.
WARREN S. WALKER was born in Mansfield, in 1843. In 1875 he married Miss Addie Decker, of Covington. In 1863 he enlisted in the 35th Pa. militia; re enlisted in 1864 in Company E 3d N. Y. cavalry and served to the close of the war. He is now a farmer, owning 63 acres of land.
ROSWELL D. WEBSTER, son of Roswell and Betsey Webster, is a native of Sullivan, where he was born in 1823. He married Miss Mary J. Soper, of Columbia, in 1852. He removed in 1873 from Sullivan to Mansfield, where he is engaged in farming. His father, Roswell Webster, came on foot from Massachusetts to Tioga county in 1812, and took up 100 acres of land in Sulli- van, where he remained until 1875, when he died, aged 86.
JOHN E. WELLS was born in Lawrenceville, in 1850, and is a son of Edward and Jane Wells. He married in 1870 Miss Sarah Lucas, of Rutland. He is a farmer, owning 75 acres. He came to Richmond in 1870 from Bradford county.
PLINY WHITAKER, born in Richmond, in 1820, married Miss Harriet E. Robinson, of Potter county. He is a farmer, and owns 110 acres. His father, Peter Whitaker,. born in Canada in 1793, deserted from the British army after the war of 1812, and married Miss Ruth Lowns- bery, of Schoharie county, N. Y. They had fourteen children, of whom eleven are living. He took up 50 acres in Tioga county in 1819. He died there in 1874; his wife in 1865.
M. D. WHITE, son of Eri D. and Amelia Demming White, of Edmeston, N. Y., married Miss Munn, of Mansfield. His occupation is farming. His father pur- chased 75 acres of land in Tioga county in 1875. `He enlisted in 1864 in Company K 5th regiment Pa. re- serves; was taken prisoner at Spottsylvania and confined at Belle Isle, and at Andersonville, where he died in 1865.
SUMNER WILSON owns a farm of 113 acres. His father, Sumner Wilson, was born in 1779, in England, and came to Massachusetts in early life. He married Martha Harkness; they had eight children. In 1821 he took up 400 acres of land in Richmond, where he died in 1834, and his wife in 1874.
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SULLIVAN TOWNSHIP, MAINESBURG BOROUGH.
THOMAS W. AMES, son of Jonathan and Lydia Ames, who located in Sullivan in 1858. He married a Miss was born in 1809, at Sterling, Vt. His father removed Maine for his first wife, and Martha Smith for the second. They have two children. He is a farmer. to Richmond, Tioga county, in 1818. to Sullivan in 1820, and in 1847 to Illinois, where he died. T. W. Ames married Miss Mary Card, of Sullivan, and settled on a farm. He now owns 106 acres. Of his five children only one survives.
JEREMIAH AUSTIN's birth occurred in 1826, at Butter- nuts, Otsego county, N. Y. His father removed to Caton, Steuben county, in 1837, where Jeremiah married Miss Sylvia A. Wing. In 1868 he located in Chatham, Pa. In 1870 he removed to Allegany county, N. Y., and in 1881 returned to Mainesburg and purchased a farm of 119 acres.
ROBERT B. BAILEY, son of Roswell Bailey, was born in 1808, at Mill Creek, Tioga county. He married Lucy Holden, and after her death, Julia Hager. He was for- merly a teacher, but has resided on a farm for many years, and has held many township offices. His father, born in Massachusetts in 1782, came to Tioga county in 1805; was first lieutenant in the militia, and a trustee of the old Wellsboro Academy. He died in 1840.
RUEL BARTLETT, son of Eli and Flavilla Bartlett, was born in 1832, in Rutland, Pa., and married Miss Jane Gitchell, of Sullivan. He came to Sullivan in 1852 and purchased the farm of 144 acres on which he now re- sides. In 1871 he opened a stone quarry on his farm, which he sold in 1876 to Messrs. Bassett, Crandall, Ed- gar and Hart Gilbert. It covers five acres and yields a fine quality of gray sandstone. Some 20 men are em- ployed, of whom Mr. Bartlett has supervision.
HENRY B. CARD, son of Henry and Sally Card, was born in Bristol, R. I., September 13th 1815. In 1844 he moved to Tioga county, where he is successfully engaged in mixed farming. He married Sarah E. Fish, daughter of Robert and Sally Fish, of Rhode Island. They have two sons and one daughter. His mother's grandfather, Dr. Thomas Monroe, was a surgeon in the Revolution- ary army.
W. P. CHAMBERLIN was born in Ridgebury, Pa., April 12th 1846. He enlisted in the 179th N. Y. infantry, Feb- ruary 19th 1864; was in the battle before Petersburg; was honorably discharged June 8th 1865, and has since been engaged in farming. He married Sarah, daughter of D. H. and Susan Burnham, of Bentley Creek, September 14th 1867; his children are Susan R., James A. and Elsie M.
JAMES CUDWORTH, son of James and Anna Cudworth, was born in Sullivan, August 17th 1826. His parents were early settlers. He has one of the finest farms in the township. His father died in 1836, and his mother in 1865. May 30th 1849 he married Lydia J., daughter of Peter and Ruth Whittaker, of Richmond. They have two daughters and a son. Mr. C. furnished two substi- tutes in the civil war, at an expense of $1,000.
C. H. DEWITT is a native of Middle Smithfield, Pa., born October 29th 1853. About 1859 his father. C. H. Dewitt sen., removed to Bradford county, and three years thereafter located in Sullivan, on the farm where Mr. Dewitt now resides. He has made the dairy a specialty. He was clerk a year for Reddington, Maxwell & Leonard, at Troy, Pa. In 1873 he married Josephine, daughter of George Smith, of Sullivan. They have one son and one daughter.
WILLIAM H. HAGAR was born March 12th 1831, at Pike, Pa., and is a son of Jonas and Harriet Hagar. February 17th 1847 he married Nancy Dewey, daughter of Dr. William Dewey. She died at the age of 34 years, leaving two children, now living; and December 24th 1857 Mr. Hagar married Louisa R., daughter of Russell Button, of Armenia, Pa. They have four children living. Mr. Hagar's occupation is farming, with dairying as a specialty.
GARWOOD H. HILL, who is of English descent, came to Sullivan with his parents at the age of 17. He was born May 7th 1811. at Wellsboro. December 25th 1834 he married Alpha G. Palmer, daughter of Stephen and Lydia Palmer. of Sullivan. She died March 12th 1876, having borne him eight children, of whom five are living. In 1877 he married Mrs. Mary A. Palmer, daughter of Ezekiel and Mary Barnes. He is a farmer.
PETER HULSLANDER, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Hulslander, was born in Orange county, N. Y., April 17th 1813. That year his parents removed to Tompkins county, N. Y., and in 1830 to the farm in Sullivan where Mr. Hulslander has since resided. October 16th 1834 he married Amanda, daughter of Roger and Melinda Soper, of Columbia, Pa. He has four sons and five daughters. Mr. Hulslander is a veterinary surgeon of some note.
CHARLES J. KNOWLTON was born December 23d 1853, in Sullivan, where he now resides. He started in busi- ness at Welsh Settlement in the manufacture of lumber, but his mill was burned at the end of three years, causing him a severe loss. He then engaged in raising grain and stock. In September 1879 he married Mary D., daughter of Mart and Angeline Palmer, of Sullivan. They have two sons. Mr. Knowlton's grandfather came from the east at an early day. His great-grandfather was in the war of 1812.
CORNISH MUDGE, son of Ira and Lucena Mudge, born in 1805 at Unadilla, N. Y., came to Tioga county in 1806, with his father, who took up roo acres of land in Sulli- van, having made his journey through the woods with an ox team. In 1830 Cornish Mudge married Caroline Squires, daughter of Aaron and Eunice Squires, formerly of Connecticut. He has been a successful farmer and a deacon in the Baptist church for many years.
CHARLES R. PALMER is a son of Mark and Angeline Palmer. He was born in Sullivan, June 22nd 1853, and commenced farming in 1880. September 22nd 1880 he married Della M., daughter of Asa and Frances Slinger- land, of Sullivan.
J. H. PHILLIPS is a native of Sullivan, and was born in 1848. His father, Leonard, came from Massachusetts, and his mother, Nancy, was from New York; he is a farmer. He married Miss Rachel Rew, a granddaughter of Henry Rew, who located in Sullivan about 1819. He was one of the early postmasters of the town.
WILLIAM E. ROBBINS, born in 1818, in Cummington, Mass., came to Tioga county with his parents the same year. His wife was Sophronia Woodward, of Sullivan. Mr. Robbins is a gunsmith, and his guns have an excel- lent and widespread reputation. His father was Ahaz Robbins and his mother was Betsey Gloyd; their family
J. H. DEWITT was born in Middle Smithfield, Pa., consisted of eleven children, four of whom are now December 20th 1846. He is a son of C. H. Dewitt sen., living.
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E. S. ROSE, son of Daniel and Sally Rose, was born in land, who died in 1841, leaving two children. In 1842 Sullivan. June 18th 1817, and is descended from one of the pioneers of the town. October 28th 1841 he mar- ried Miss L. A. Morgan, daughter of Dennis and Betsey Morgan, who came from Massachusetts. They have three sons and a daughter. Mr. Rose is a farmer, and formerly made dairying a specialty.
CHARLES E. SEELYE, born in Sullivan, in 1849, married Sally Shelton, of Mainesburg, by whom he has five chil- dren. He is a farmer. His father, George Seelye, was born at Lawrenceville, in 1805, and married Emily Bur- ley, of Mansfield, Pa., in 1835. He was county com- missioner two terms. He died in 1879, and his wife in 1881. Only Charles E. survives of a family of eight children.
LENT D. SEELEY was born in 1814, and in 1839 took up the farm in Sullivan where his widow now resides. In 1866 he married Mrs. Amanda Rumsey, daughter of John and Catherine Ayers, of Wells, Pa. He contributed curred in 1882.
R. G. SHELTON, born in Buckinghamshire, England, in 1822, is a son of Joseph Shelton, who came from Eng- land in 1832, lived in Chenango county, N. Y., four vears, and then removed to Tioga county, where he died in 1867. R. G. Shelton is a farmer, and was a member of Company 1 187tli Pa. volunteers, serving until the close of the war.
HARLIN D. SHEPARD, son of Ezra and Mary Shepard, was born in Tioga county, N. Y., in 1847; settled in Bradford county, Pa., in 1858; moved to Blossburg in 1868, thence to Morris Run, and in 1881 came to Elk Run, Sullivan township, where he is engaged in general merchandising. He married Miss Margaret L. Husted, of Blossburg. He enlisted in 1864 in Company C 11th Pa. cavalry, and was honorably discharged August, 15th 1 865.
ASA SLINGERLAND, son of Tunis and Mary Slingerland, was born in Sullivan, March 10th 1837. At the age of 21 years he began farming, and he has since made a specialty of dairying. In 1859 he married Frances, daughter of Ashman and Lovicia Sperry, of Sullivan. They have three daughters and two sons.
ALEXANDER C. SMITH is a son of Jasper and Betsey Smith, and was born at Hector, N. Y., December 13th NELSON WELCH, son of Harry and Betsey Welch, was 1826. He came to Sullivan with his parents in 1834. born July 16th 1842, on the farm in Sullivan which he His first work for himself was done at the age of 20. now owns. His grandfather, Nathaniel Welch, settled in Tioga county about the year 1791. Mr. Welch mar- ried in 1867 Helen R., daughter of Uriah D. and Lucy Welch, of Sullivan. Their children are Minnie, Alanson E., Ransom U. and Earl. In 1875 Mr. Welch bought up all the heirship interests in the homestead farm, and he is now a successful agriculturist. Soon afterward he located on the farm where he now re- sides, engaged in dairying, fruit-growing, and sugar- making. In 1882 he made 1,600 pounds of sugar. Oc- tober 18th 1849 he married Mary A., daughter of Joseph and Mary Bradford, of Sullivan. His children are Lin- næus A., Mary E., Merton B., and L. Frank; his son Mark J. having died at the age of 14 years.
GEORGE M. SMITH is a native of Rutland, Pa., and was born July 23d 1846. He married Miss Matilda Williams, of Canton, Pa. He is engaged in agricultural pursuits.
NORTHROP SMITH, born in Ridgefield, Conn., in 1819, is a farmer. His first wife was Hannah Roblyer, of Rut- Bell and George.
he married Sally A. Roblyer, of Rutland. They have eight children living. Mr. Smith has been a magistrate many years. His parents, Rufus and Eunice Smith, came from Connecticut, to Tioga county, at an early day, with an ox team, and took up 100 acres of land. He has added 200 acres to his farm, reared a large family of children, and still resides on the old homestead, aged 84 years.
PHILETUS P. SMITH, born in Sullivan, in 1825, mar- ried Roxana E. Scouten, of Sullivan; they have seven children. He is now a farmer, owning 140 acres. He was formerly a school teacher, and has been school director many years. His father, Joshua Smith, a native of New Jersey, moved to Tioga county in 1824. He married Lydia Clark, of Tompkins county. He bought 170 acres of land in Sullivan, now owned principally by his son Philetus, and died in 1859, leaving four children.
ISAAC SQUIRES was born in Sullivan, in 1830. He largely to church and school support. His death oc- married Miss Huldah Smith, of the same township, and
they have two children. His occupation is farming, and he owns 240 acres. He was magistrate five years from 1860; was elected again in 1872 and served ten years. He has also been constable and collector.
LAFAYETTE SQUIRES, son of William and Charlotte Squires, was born in Sullivan, in 1841. He married Miss Mary Wilson, of Rutland, Pa. They have one daughter. He is a farmer and owner of roo acres.
GEORGE E. STAUFFER, son of Elias and Magdalena Stauffer, was born in 1834, at Mechanicstown, Md. He married Miss Alice M. Dewey, of Sullivan, in 1863. He has lived in Montgomery county, in Bradford county and in Tioga county. In 1861 he returned to his native State, enlisted in 7th Md. volunteers, Com- pany B, and served nine months; was taken prisoner in 1862 and paroled. He returned to Tioga county, where he has been occupied as a blacksmith.
ZOPHAR TEARS is a native of Montgomery, Orange county, N. Y., and was born in 1800. In 1825 he mar- ried Miss Laura Cowen, of Tompkins county, N. Y., by whom he has had three children, two of whom are now living. He located in Tioga county in 1828, and in 1836 purchased the farm of 84 acres where he now re- sides.
GEORGE WILKINS, who came with his parents to Sulli- van in 1843, was born at Armitage, N. Y., January 14th 1835. At the age of 25 he began farming where he now resides, making a specialty of the dairy. April 5th 1868 he married Amanda, daughter of Mayhew and Elizabeth Horton, of Ward. Their children are Elizabeth, Mary
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UNION TOWNSHIP.
JEREMIAH AUSTIN, son of Pardon and Hepsibah Austin, was born in Arlington, Vt., August 15th 1827. In 1857 he married Rhoda Ann, daughter of Dennis and Sarah McGuire, of Granville, N. Y. Their children were Frank B., Maggie L. and Lawrence G., now living, and Addie M. and Sarah J., deceased.
WESLEY BARROW, son of William and Hannah Barrow, was born in Union, July 2nd 1841. His first wife was Anna, daughter of Alpheus and Margaret Dann, whom THOMAS S. GROOVER was born in Union, November 13th 1835. May 6th 1860 he married Violetta, daughter of William and Violetta Maser, of Liberty. His chil- he married in 1867. She died in 1876, leaving three children-Maggie, now living, and Ray and Guy, de- ceased. In 1877 Mr. Barrow married Marcia, daughter dren are Elmer E., Lester, Warren, Lulie and Sarah of Isaac and Melinda Leonard, of Chenango, N. Y. (adopted). Mr. Groover is a farmer, and an apiarian es- Their children are Robbie and Mary. He has always pecially. He has been assessor two terms. He is a son been a farmer.
ANDERSON BUNN is a son of Joseph and Catherine ANSON B. HARRINGTON is a son of Peter B. and Bunn, and was born in New Jersey, September 19th 1827. Polly A. Harrington, and was born in Union, October He was six years in Blossburg, and since 1852 has re- 20th 1850. He was a miner seven years; was hotel- keeper a number of years, and is at present a butcher at Ogdensburg. In 1875 he married Alice, daughter of James and Mary Hermann, of Union. Their children are Anna M., Maud A. and Walter; they have lost a son named Frank. sided in Union, engaged in lumbering and farming. In 1864 he enlisted in the 12th N. Y. cavalry, and served through the war. In 1846 he married Mary J., daughter of Robert and Esther Stratton. Their children are four sons and three daughters.
WILLIAM BUNN was born in Blossburg, August 15th 1847. He is engaged in manufacturing lumber with his brother Francis L. In 1873 he married Anna, daughter of John and Charlotte Lewis, of Union. They have one child, Lottie. Francis L. Bunn was born in Union, De- cember roth 1851. He married Emma L., daughter of his present farm in Union.
C. H. Wittemore, of Blossburg, and has one daughter, Lena M. His parents were Anderson and Mary J. Bunn.
GEORGE G. COLLINS, son of John and Amelia Collins, was born at Williamsport, July 15th 1819. He is a
masor. by trade. December 29th 1844 he married burg till 1861, when he went out as lieutenant of Com- Eveline, daughter of Jared and Margaret Newell, of Union. In 1849 he came to Union and engaged in farm- ing. His children are Joseph, Margaret, William, Jared, Arminda and Isaac.
MRS. MARGARET DANN, widow of Alpheus E. Dann, was born in Delaware county, N. Y., September 21st 1834. They were married September 13th 1850. He was a farmer and speculator. He was a member of Company F 12th N. Y. cavalry, and died in the general hospital at Elmira, May 6th 1865. Of his children Clayton A. and Mary E. are now living, and Anna, Am- brose M. and Cassius A. are deceased.
JAMES A. GORTON is a son of Charles and Mary Gorton. He was born in Luzerne county, January 27th 1821, and in 1843 married Polly M., daughter of Roswell and Sarah Whitney, of Susquehanna county. In 1844 he located where he now resides in Union. His children are Mary J., Sarah R., Charles R. and Alice A.
ANDREW J . GOSLINE was born February 17th 1828, in Newark, N. Y. He engaged in farming and lumbering, then followed the carpenters' trade till 1875. He and John Coup successfully explored for coal on Laurel Hill and South Mountain. In May 1876 he located at Lick Run Mills, where he is engaged in lumbering. His first wife was Mrs. Harriet M. Westbrook, of Rome, Pa., who died in 1866, leaving three children, William E., Mary E. and Andrew J. jr. His present wife, who was Annie E., daughter of William and Rachel Gordon, of county Down, Ireland, he married August 22nd 1868. His parents were Pomeroy and Charlotte Gosline.
wold, was born in Yates county, N. Y., June 23d 1825. In 1846 he married Nancy A., daughter of Waldo Reynolds, of Union. Their children were Mary, Nancy and Myrtie, now living, and Harriet G. and Me- lissa R. deceased. Mr. Griswold is a carpenter and joiner by trade; also engaged in manufacturing lumber. In September 1864 he enlisted in the 12th N. Y. cavalry, and served till the war closed.
of Joseph and Marietta Groover.
JOHN M. HAWTHORN was born in Paterson, N. J., June 24th 1849, and is a son of James and Mary Haw- thorn. He enlisted September 23d 1864 in Company F 1th Pa. cavalry, and served till the war ended. He was engaged in lumbering until 1880, when he bought
JOHN IRVIN is the eldest of seven sons of Benjamin and Prudence Irvin, all of whom were soldiers in the Union army at the same time; John was born in Lehigh county, May 24th 1831. He was a merchant in Ogdens- pany D 106th Pa. infantry. He was honorably dis- charged in 1864, and has since been in the mercantile business. He was the first postmaster in Ogdensburg. January ist 1855 he married Betsey, daughter of Am- brose and Mary Barker. Their children are Martha, Mary, Myrtie and Minnie.
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