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Axtell, Doctor A. C., Youngsville p. o., Brokenstraw, present physician and surgeon of Youngsville, was born in Sheakleyville, Mercer county, on July 14, 1828. He was a son of Doctor Samuel and Mary (Loveridge) Axtell, natives of Washington county, who died in Mercer county, he at the age of seventy-four years, and she died in 1884 at the advanced age of ninety-five years. She left a family of nine children-three sons physicians - Doctors W. H., M. B., and A. C .; two sons who are farmers - L. S. and J. M., and one son a clergyman, N. H., D. D., and also three daughters. Dr. A. C. Axtell read medicine with his father, and attended lectures at Columbus, O., in 1853 and '54, and settled in New Lebanon in 1854, in the practice of his profession, and in 1865 he settled in Youngsville, where he enjoys an extensive practice in medicine and surgery. He was married in 1853 to Fanny White, of Sheakleyville. They have had a family of five children born to them - Mary, Emma, Willie (died December 30, 1881 ; one of the most successful teachers in Warren county ), Hattie, and Charles S. Hattie is now a teacher in the high school ; Mary married Oscar Shutt, and Emma married C. D. Arird, who is the present county superintendent of schools. Doctor Axtell was a vol- unteer surgeon in the government hospitals at the time of the War of the Rebellion.
Ayer, H. S., Columbus, was born in Eaton, Madison county, N. Y., in 1828, and was a son of Samuel H. and Roxana (Damon) Ayer. Roxana was born in Massachu- setts in 1801, and Samuel H. was born in Pomfret, Conn., the same year. They were married in the town of Eaton, N. Y., in 1825, and settled in Columbus borough in 1834, where Samuel erected a carding and cloth-dressing mill where the tannery now stands.
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Roxana was a daughter of Thomas and Lovina Damon, who were born and married in Massachusetts and settled in Columbus in 1837, coming here from Madison county, N. Y., with a family of six children, two of whom are now living - James and Roxana. H. S. Ayer was married in 1875 to Ellen Cady. They have had a family of three chil- dren born to them - Ruth E., Martha R., and Anna L. Ellen was a daughter of George and Eliza (Horn) Cady. H. S. Ayer became a general merchant at Clymer, Chautau- qua county, N. Y., in 1860, and erected a custom and merchant flour-mill, and was also engaged in the manufacture and shipment of lumber. He retired from the mercantile business in 1872, but continued in his lumber interest until 1879, when he became one of the founders of the popular organization in the State, the E. A. U. Mr. Ayer was supervisor of Clymer in 1863 and '64, also in 1867 and '68. He settled in Columbus in 1879, and has been justice of the peace for two terms. He is now the general ac- countant for the E. A. U.
Babcock, W. H., West Spring Creek p. o., Spring Creek, was born in Burlington, Otsego county, N. Y., in 1818, and settled in West Spring Creek in 1865. He married Mary Ann Harrison, who was born in Vernon, Oneida county, N. Y., and by her had a family of seven children, four of whom are now living - M. A., Annette, Charles and Frank. By trade Mr. Babcock is a shoemaker. He has held the office of postmaster from 1871. He was a son of Jonathan and Lucy (Shaw) Babcock. Jonathan died at the age of sixty-six years, and his wife Lucy died in the seventy-seventh year of her age. W. H. Babcock's wife, Mary Ann Babcock, died January 2, 1884, aged sixty-six years.
Babcock, Almon, Warren p. o., Conewango, is a farmer and was born in Youngsville, Warren county, April 22, 1829. He was a son of Merritt and Lucinda (Sturtevant) Bab- cock. His paternal grandfather was David Babcock, and his maternal grandfather Will- iam Sturtevant, both of whom came from Lake George, N. Y., and were early settlers in Warren county, locating in Conewango, where they remained up to the time of their deaths. David was a farmer and cleared and improved the farm which is now owned by Benjamin Bailey. His son Merritt was a blacksmith by trade, and settled in Youngs- ville about 1825, and a year or two later settled in Conewango, on the farm which is now owned and occupied by W. Leiter, which he cleared and improved. He had a family of four children, who grew to maturity - Almon, Prudence, Plymton, and Antis. Almon Babcock was reared in Conewango, where he has always resided. He was mar- ried in 1850 to Mahala Spencer, a daughter of Alfred and Mary (Wilcox) Spencer, and a granddaughter of Abner Spencer, a pioneer of Conewango. To them have been born eight children - Alwilda, Alice, John, James, Plymton, Mahala, William and Merritt.
Baird, George, East Branch p. o., Spring Creek, was born in Crawford county in 1862; he is a farmer. He was married in 1884 to Clara Armatage, of Spring Creek. They have had one child born to them - Deross. George was a son of Lorenzo Baird, who was born in 1825 and married Louise Courtney. They had a family of twelve children, eight of whom are now living.
Baker, John A., Chandler's Valley p. o., Sugar Grove, is a farmer and carpenter. He was born in Sweden in 1838, and immigrated to America in 1866, settling in Chau- tauqua county, N. Y. In 1869 he came to Warren county, and purchased his present farm of fifty acres in 1870. In 1873 he was married to Clara Albertena Abbenson, born in Sweden in 1847. They have three children - Irene Albertena, Frank Axel Theodore, and Hugo Amanuel.
Baker, William, Spring Creek, was born in Spring Creek in 1841. He commenced active business life in 1861. He has been town treasurer for five years and was numer- ator in 1880. He was married in 1866 to Abi Grant; to them have been born three children - Jesse Jean, Kate Grant, and Bonnie Lewis. William Baker was a son of Lewis B. and Sarah A. (Webb) Baker. Lewis B. was born in 1812 and settled in Warren county, in 1837. He was married in 1835 to Sarah Webb, who came with her parents to Pennsylvania in 1832. They had a family of eleven children born to them, seven of whom are now living. One of their sons, Josiah, enlisted in the 145th Pennsylvania Vols. and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. His remains were never recov- ered.
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Baldensperger, Jacob, Warren p. o., Glade, was born in Alsace, France, in 1829. His early life was spent on a farm, and in 1852 he came to this country and located at Glade Run, in which vicinity he has since resided. His first employment was as a farm hand, and he was also engaged in the lumber business, and worked for Guy Irvine and Joseph Hall. In October, 1857, he married Emeline Walter, who bore him a family of eight children - Charles, Jacob, Emma, Henry, Theodore, Frederick, Lena, and Bertha. Mr. Baldensperger is now the leading merchant of the Run, having in charge a grocery, feed-store, meat-market and boarding-house. He had no starting capital save a determined will and strong arms, but now he is in comfortable circumstances. Al- though not an active politician he is a firm Democrat. In religion Mr. Baldensperger is a freethinker.
Baldensperger, Laurence, Stoneham p. o., Mead, is a farmer and was born in Al- sace, France, February 9, 1825. He was a son of Gotfried and Margaret (Lesser) Bal- densperger. He came to Warren county in 1849 and settled in Mead township on the farm on which he now resides, and which he has cleared and made all of the improve- ments. He was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Lauffer, a daughter of Martin and Cath- erine (Gruber) Lauffer, natives of Alsace, France. They have had a family of eight children born to them - Elizabeth, Mary, Louise (deceased), William, Louise (second), Albert, Samuel, and Lorena. Mr. Baldensperger and his wife are members of the Lu- theran Church of Warren.
Ballard, John W., Lander p. o., Farmington, is a farmer and was born in Chautau- qua county, N. Y., April 6, 1821. He was a son of Samuel and Rhoda (Jones) Ballard. His maternal grandfather was Levi Jones; was a pioneer of Carroll, N. Y., where he settled in 1814. John W. Ballard located in what is now Farmington in 1831, worked through the summer at three dollars per month, which he never received, and the second summer for one dollar per month and received his pay. He was married November 19, 1841, to Rachel Marsh, a daughter of Ross and Esther (Dyke) Marsh. Hugh Marsh, father of Ross, settled in Warren in 1795, and in Farmington in 1798. He reared a large family of children, of whom Ross Marsh was one, and settled on the farm which is now occupied by John W. Ballard. Mr. Ballard married twice. His first wife was Rachel Marsh, by whom he had a family of four children - Betsey, Louisa, Nancy, and Esther. His second wife was Lovina (Dewey) Kingsley, of Farmington, where he was married in February, 1876. Mr. Ballard bought the Marsh homestead, where he has always resided, and has improved a large part of it.
Barnes, Asa H., Barnes p. o., Sheffield, was born on January 2, 1817, in Yates county, N. Y., and was a son of Timothy and Betsey Barnes. He was married in 1840 to Letetia M. Force, a daughter of Samuel Force, of Kirkland, O., and who in the year 1841 came to Sheffield, where his after life was spent in lumbering and farming, in which his labors were rewarded. He also kept the "Barnes House " for twelve years. Asa H. Barnes died on January 19, 1875, leaving an estimable wife and a large family of children. The children of Asa and Letetia (Force) Barnes are as follows : Amy (who married Curtis Gilson, now living in Sheffield), Erastus, Edward, Eliza (who married Doctor Badger), Frank, Cole, William and Ellsworth.
Bartsch, Charles F., North Warren p. o., Conewango, came to this country from Saxony, Germany, in 1836, and commenced business as a grocer and baker. In 1858 he bought and cleared a farm in Glade township. In 1865 he sold this farm and bought another, in Conewango township, which he now occupies; his son Henry cleared this farm and is now working it. Mr. Bartsch's family comprised eleven children, seven of whom are now living - Caroline, Charles, Margaret, Armenia, Frederick, Henry, and Edwin. Mr. B. is now eighty-three years of age, and his wife is seventy, both in usual health. They are both members of the Lutheran Church.
Barlow, Richard, East Branch p. o., Eldred, was born in England in 1841; came to America in 1844 and settled in Warren county ; married Mary Hilman, of Sugar Grove. They have four children - Cora, Myrtie, James, and Nettie. Mr. B. served in the 15Ist Pennsylvania Vols. during the late war; also in the navy. His farm contains thirty-one acres.
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Basset, L. S., Spring Creek p. o., was born in Ontario county, N. Y .; he is a son of Cornelius, who was born in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., and settled in Warren county in 1816 ; married Betsey Sawyer, by whom he had seven children, five of whom are now living. L. S. Basset married Sarah Maria Tillotson, of Chenango county, N. Y. They have had four children, two of whom are now living - Cornelius, engineer in the late war, died in Florida ; Morris John ; Lucia Persilla ; Wealthy Ann, dead. Mr. B.'s farm comprises twenty-five acres.
Bates, George H., Youngsville p. o., Brokenstraw, was born in Niagara county, N. Y., in 1837, and was a son of Henry R. and Betsey (White) Bates. Betsey was born in Erie county and was a daughter of Samuel White. She was married in Erie county and they settled in Youngsville in 1838. Henry died in 1874, leaving a widow and six children, all of whom are now living - Morgan M., George H., Rebecca, Wm. H., Cor- delia, and Ransom. George H. Bates enlisted in Co. G, 211th Pennsylvania Volun- teers in 1864, and served under Captain Tremble. He has been a prominent man of his town and has held the following offices -school director for three terms, commis- sioner for one term, associate judge one term of three years. He purchased his home- stead farm of 100 acres in 1862. He was married it 1858 to Agnes A. Hamblin, of Youngsville, Warren county. They have had a family of four children - Frank A, George, Wilder D., and Clara A., and two who died in infancy.
Bates, L. L., Spring Creek, was born in Spring Creek in 1867, and was married in 1879 to Mattie Long. They have had two children born to them - Daisy A. and Hazel.
Bates, George, Spring Creek, was born at Spring Creek in 1838. He is a farmer, owning 240 acres, also is largely interested in lumbering. He was married in 1860 to Olive Cobb. To them have been born two children - Byron D. and Maud M. His father, Francis Bates, was born in 1808, and married Mary Evers, who was born in Spring Creek in 1817, and died in 1875. They had a family of eight children, six of whom are now living. Francis was a blacksmith by trade, and held the office of justice of the peace for forty years. He died in 1880.
Beck, Frederick, Spring Creek p. o., was born in Würtemberg, Germany, in 1839, and immigrated to America in 1860. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, 72d New York Volunteers, at Dunkirk. His regiment belonged to Siegel's brigade. He served for three years and two months. He was wounded at Spottsylvania Court House. He was married in 1867 to Miss Seidel, of Cleveland, O. To them were born five children, three of whom are now living - Julius, Louisa, and Mary. Mr. Beck settled in War- ren county in 1870, and erected a small tannery, which he has added to until now it has reached the capacity of eight hundred sides a week. He has also erected a num- ber of tenement houses, and owns a farm of 100 acres, and is one of the solid business men of Spring Creek.
Beck, Martin, Warren p. o., Farmington, is a farmer, and was born in Bavaria, Ger- many, August 5, 1824. He was a son of John and Eve Beck. He was reared on a farm in Bavaria, and immigrated to America in 1853, and came to Warren county and worked as a farm hand for six months, after which he rented a farm until 1857, when he purchased the farm which he now occupies, and which he cleared and improved himself, and built the buildings and made all of the improvements. He was married in 1853 to Margaret Schlick, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, September 29, 1823, and died August 6, 1884. They have had a family of six children born to them - Eliza, born August 8, 1854; Anna and Margaret, born March 24, 1856, and died April 17, 1856; Martin, born July 3, 1857 ; Mary, born May 9, 1859; and John, born January 11, 1862. Mr. Beck is a member of the Catholic Church, and politically he is a Republican.
Belknap, C. M., Titusville p. o., Eldred, of the firm of Bush & Belknap, large manu- facturers of lumber, owning some 2,100 acres of timber, was born in Concord, Erie county, and was married in 1869 to Laura Lord, of Wayne, Erie county. They have had a family of three children born to them - H. Berenice, Angeline Emoine, and Cecil Iverness. C. M.'s father was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., in 1824, and
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was a son of William and Jane (Thompson) Bracken. Jane was born in County Down, Ireland, and her husband, William, in Wayne county. They had a family of twelve children born to them, two of whom are now living - Hannah and George. William was born in 1767 and died in 1851, and his wife Jane died in 1821. Their oldest son, Thomas, served in the War of 1812. William died and was buried in Kentucky. George W. Bracken was married in 1844 to Angeline Lloyd, who was born in Otsego county, N. Y., and married in Columbus. They had a family of ten children, eight of whom are now living - five sons and three daughters. Angeline Bracken died in February, 1879. George W. Bracken was the first constable of the borough and was a school director for ten years. He settled in the borough in 1839 and there became engaged in his present business, that of furniture and undertaking. He has attended over one thousand funerals. He was apprenticed to his trade for four years at Cleveland, O., bound by his parents by contract, and received thirty-five dollars per year. He was burned out in 1848, losing his all, after which he again began empty handed, with a large family struggling for success.
Brasington, Warren, Warren p. o., Glade. - Samuel Clark Brasington, and his wife Sally, came from Genesee county, N. Y., to Glade in the year 1832. They had a fam- ily of four children when they came here, and ten were subsequently born. The chil- dren were John, Delilah (who married Henry C. Knapp, both of whom are now de- ceased), Warren, Sally (deceased), Jane (who married Elijah Winchester), Samuel (de- ceased), Milton (deceased), Elizabeth (who married Thomas Phillips), Oscar, Albert, Dewitt, Lucinda (who married James Parks), Mercy (who married Russell Winchester), and Ida (who married George Tarbell). Samuel, the pioneer, died in Glade February 2, 1866, and his widow, Sally, June 2, 1884. Warren Brasington is one of the substan- tial men of Glade. At the time of his marriage his father gave him a farm of seventy- five acres, and upon this he has enlarged his possessions by earnest toil and fair dealing until he to-day represents a considerable fortune, well and honestly earned. He made a substantial gift to each of his children at their marriage. Mr. Brasington married Harriet E. Winchester, by whom he had a family of five children - Adelaide (now dead), Flora (who married Eugene Arnold), William, Alice (who married David Holt), and Albert. Warren Brasington, though not a church member, is a firm believer in Christianity. In politics he is a Republican.
Breitenbaker, Charles F., Warren p. o., Conewango, was born in Conewango on July 2, 1855. He is a farmer, and settled on the farm on which he now resides in 1879. He was married in 1876 to Anna Seigrist, an adopted daughter of Philip Seigrist, of Cone- wango. They have had two children born to them - Lottie and Eddie, and have also one adopted son, Willie. Charles F. was a son of George and Louise (Hoffman) Breitenbaker, who were natives of Germany and Alsace, France, who settled in Warren county in 1848; lived for a time in Conewango, but finally settled in Glade township, where they cleared a farm, and where George, the father of the subject of this sketch, still resides.
Brennan, Patrick, Warren p. o., Conewango, was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, March 27, 1849; he was a son of James and Margaret Dunn Brennan, who immi- grated to McKean county in 1868. Patrick settled in Warren in 1872 and worked at the lumber business until 1881, when he engaged in farming in Conewango, on the farm he now owns and occupies. In 1874 he married Susan C. Eagan, by whom he has had seven children - Mary A., Margaret S., Julia E., James J., Edward, Thomas F., and John E. Mrs. Brennan was a daughter of James and Mary A. Carroll, of Wayne county.
Brightman, John, East Branch p. o., Eldred, was born in Erie county in 1843; he is a farmer and owns a farm of 110 acres ; he was married in 1872 to Mahala Ray, of Waterford, and settled in Warren in 1883. His father, Erastus Brightman, was born in Brookfield, Madison county, N. Y., in 1819, and married Sylvia Smith, who was born in New York in 1826, and by whom he had a family of three children - Mary, John, and Amelia.
Briggs, Raymond, of Plymouth, Windsor county, Vt., with his wife and six chil-
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dren - Dexter, Raymond, jr., William, Tabitha, Thomas, and Mary - came to Pine Grove in the fall of 1827 and located on Conewango Creek, where Thomas Briggs now lives. Noah S. Briggs was born after the family came here. Tabitha married Aaron Crampton ; Mary married Charles Niver; Thomas married Margaret, a daughter of Abram Thompson, by whom he had seven children-Sardine H., Abraham, Leonora, Loanda, Mary A., Jane and Kate. Raymond married Julia Ann Jones, and to them were born ten children - Mary, Joseph, Arvilla, Allen, Lydia, Julia, Raymond, Rhoda, John, and Lewis - all of which are alive excepting Raymond, who died at the age of eighteen. Joseph and Allen served through the war. Thomas Briggs is a self-made man, having earned for himself the competence which he now enjoys. He was a Democrat before the war, but has since changed his political views. He is a prominent member of the M. E. Church. William Briggs was married at the age of twenty-five years to Lorette Badger, by whom he had ten children -William W., Elizabeth L., Elmore E., Marion L., Leon A., Solon S., Noah A., Alice E., Emmet O., and Clara E. William Briggs has always been a lumberman and farmer, at which he has met with a fair degree of success. He never takes an active part in politics, but is a staunch Democrat.
Brondage, Roland, Pittsfield, was born in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., in 1847. He was a son of Hiram and Susanna (Faulkner) Brondage. Hiram was born in Genesee county, and his wife Susanna was a native of Steuben county, N. Y. They had a fam- ily of three children born to them. Roland Brondage enlisted in Company E, 9th N. Y. Cavalry, in 1862, under Colonel Sackett, and was discharged at the close of the war. He settled in Warren county in 1866, and was married in 1870 to Ida Pier, of Pittsfield. They have had a family of three children born to them - Lulu, Calvin, and Mary. Mr. Brondage was wounded while in the service of the Union, and now receives a pension, and to-day he is one of the representative men of Pittsfield. His wife was a daughter of Calvin and Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Pier, who settled in Pittsfield in 1861, where they died, leaving a family of four children - Ada, Minerva E., William, and Betsey. Cal- vin, the father, died in 1884; his wife died in September, 1867.
Brooks, Henry, Spring Creek p. o., was born in 1809 near Whitehall, N. Y .; settled in Spring Creek in 1847; married in 1826 Delia Geer, who died in 1843, leaving eight children, six of whom are now living. In 1845 he married Lydia Ann Smith, of North East, Erie county ; by her he had nine children, five of whom are now living - Mary S., Luzetta E., L. A., Eva L., and Cora E. Mr. Brooks died in 1864. In his early days he was extensively engaged in lumbering, and had large landed interests, owning at the time of his death a farm of 800 acres.
Brooks, Simon, Chandler's Valley p. o., Sugar Grove, was born in Connecticut March 20, 1789, and married Sarah Littlefield April 15, 1813 ; she was born in Massachusetts October 13, 1791. They came to Sugar Grove in 1817. They had a family of nine children ; two - Sally M. and John - were born in Vermont, and seven in Sugar Grove. William, Dexter G., Mary Jane, and Hiram are now living. Mrs. Sarah Brooks died July 10, 1875 ; Simon Brooks June 10, 1875. John Brooks married Fanny French in 1841 ; she was born in Vermont in 1818. They have two sons - Perry L., born in 1844; John F., born in 1857. Perry L. enlisted in the army August 9, 1862, and was discharged June 5, 1863 ; re-enlisted September 3, 1864, discharged June 2, 1865. He married Addie Crandall. John F. married Emma T. Brooks.
Brown, Absalom (deceased), Grand Valley p. o., Eldred, was born in New York in 1815, and settled in Warren county in 1846. He married Jane Bradley, of Chautauqua county, N. Y., who was born in 1813. Mr. Brown died in 1878, and his wife died in 1885. They had a family of four children born to them - Ellen L., Emerson (deceased), Milton E., and Franklin H. Mr. Brown was largely engaged in lumbering and farm- ing, and left a farm of one hundred and fifty acres.
Brown, Alexander, Youngsville p. o., Brokenstraw, was born in Garland, town of Pittsfield in 1833. In September, 1870, he married Mrs. Samantha, widow of Heman His parents were John and Matilda Jane McCray Brown; the former was born in Lancaster county, and the latter in Crawford county, and they were married at Titusville. He settled in Youngsville in 1833, coming from Franklin county. Mrs.
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Brown died in 1870, and her husband in November, 1880, aged eighty-seven years. They had a family of seven children, four of whom now survive - George W., Anna M., Al- exander, and Oliver P. Anna M. married Arthur Mckinney.
Brown, Seymour, Chandler's Valley p. o., Sugar Grove, was born in Mayfield, Ful- ton county, N. Y., July 4, 1823, and died March 27, 1863. He was a son of Jacob and Anna (Ferguson) Brown, and settled in Youngsville in September, 1851. He was married in 1853 to Abigail Brown, who was born in 1835. They had a family of five children born to them - Wellington S., Annie D., Walter FF. and Edgar W. (twins), and Willard T. Abigail Brown was a daughter of Samuel and Diantha (Foster) Brown. She was born in Massachusetts and her husband Samuel was born in New Mayfield, N. Y. They were married in 1808 and settled in Warren county in 1819, nine miles south of Warren, on the Allegheny River. They had a family of fourteen children born to them. He also had a family of five children by his first wife, making nineteen in all. Eight of the last fourteen children are now living - Nathaniel, Lydia, Solomon, Polly, Huldah, Adaline, Cyrus F., and Abigail. The father, Samuel, was born in 1779, and died in 1864. Diantha was born in 1792 and died in 1874. Fourteen of the children remained residents of the county, and at the death of the mother she had thirteen chil- dren living, seventy-two grandchildren, and twenty-six great-grandchildren.
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