History of Warren County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 85

Author: Schenck, J. S., [from old catalog] ed; Rann, William S., [from old catalog] joint ed; Mason, D., & co., Syracuse, N.Y., pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co.
Number of Pages: 1020


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Clendenning, Joseph, Ackley Station p. o., Elk, was born in County Monohan, Ireland, on March 17, 1827. He emigrated from Ireland in 1851, and in the year following came to Quaker Hill. Two or three years later he bought a farm and com-


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menced a permanent residence in the township. In July, 1853, he united in marriage with Jane Clendenning, by whom he had a family of eleven children - Esther, James, Laura, Emma, Andrew, John, Nellie, Harry, Etta, and two who died in infancy. Mr. Clendenning is one of the most prominent and popular men of Elk. There is no town office but which he has been called upon to fill. There is no trust in the township that can be placed with any citizen that has not been placed with him, and in every case he has given satisfaction. Joseph Clendenning commenced life poor, but industry has put him in comfortable circumstances. He had such an education in the old country as was afforded boys there, and no more. The family from which he came were Irish Presbyterians, but he is not connected with any church society. In politics he has always been a Republican.


Cobb, E. I., East Branch p. o., was born at Spring Creek, Cobb's Corners, in 1836. He married Amanda Logan, of Corry. They have three children - Flora E., Clinton M., and Varney C. His father, Ira, was born in Rutland, Vt., in 1808, and married Jerusha Jewett, of Vermont. They had ten children, six of whom are living; Myron was killed at the battle of Antietam; Zackway was killed at Spottsylvania Court House; remains not recovered.


Colby, H. H., was born in New York in 1824, and was married February 25, 1849, to Susan Williams. They had four children; Mrs. Colby died September 27, 1858. For his second wife he married Sarah Driggs on November 3, 1858. They had four children; three of them are now living. Mr. Colby was a resident of Warren county for thirty- five years; he died December 1, 1885, leaving a wife and seven children, and a farm of 100 acres to his two sons, U. S. and William G. Colby, of Eldred, Warren county.


Colby, J. W, East Branch p. o., Eldred, was born in Erie county in 1834, and settled in Warren county in 1842. He married Electa Green, of Onondaga county, N. Y. She died in 1871, leaving a family of eight children - Amon, Eunice, Frank, John D., Elmer E., U. S. Grant, and Wesley; one of the children died in infancy. Mr. Colby married his second wife, Josephine Terrill, in 1876; she was born in Crawford county. Mr. Colby is now engaged in farming and lumbering, and now owns a farm of 106 acres.


Cole, Peleg S., Russell p. o., Pine Grove, was born in Herkimer village, N. Y., January 8. 1808. At the age of fifteen years he left home and went to Penn Yan, Yates county, N. Y., and there entered a printing office to learn the business. After a few years' residence there he went to Geneva, and thence to Rome, N. Y. In 1837 Mr. Cole came to Warren and took sole proprietorship of the People's Monitor, which he published for about eight years, when he sold his interest to Mr. Cowen. The Monitor was a weekly publication. After this sale Mr. Cole became landlord of the " Diamond House," which he conducted until just before the outbreak of the late war. Having a tract of land on "Jones Hill," in Pine Grove, he decided to live there, and engaged in farming, and he has since resided on this farm. In Yates county he married Louisa Brown, who bore him four children -- Albert, Harvey, Alonzo, and Sariette. His wife died and he then married Mary Forbes, by whom he also had four children - James, Henry, Lucreatia, and Louisa. Mr. Cole has always been a Whig and a Republican in political life. During his residence at Penn Van, Yates county, N. V., he was a mem- ber of the Baptist Church.


Conklin, jr., John, Tidioute p. o., Deerfield, was born in Poultney, Steuben county, N. Y., May 7, 1819. His father was John Conklin, a native of Vermont, who settled in Deerfield in 1826 and engaged in the lumber business; he died at Conklin Run in 1839, leaving a family of four sons and three daughters -- Hiram, Henry, John, James, Eliza, Roxana, and Hannah. John, jr., embarked at the early age of seventeen in the manufacture and shipping of lumber, and became an extensive land owner and (lealer. Owing to misplaced confidence in a partner, who had the disposing of his interests, he was a great financial sufferer, but still holds possession of some 3.000 acres now in controversy. He married Emma Pricein 1844 ; she died in 1876. They had a family of five sons - James, Henry, John, jr., Joseph, and Eugene. Joseph married Mary Chambers; James married Ida Morrison; Henry married Amanda Covell; and


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John married Mary Amy. Mr. Conklin united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1844, and devoted much time as layman in church work, and soon became active in establishing places of worship; he preached for over twenty years, and is now an ardent worker in the cause of his Master. He is still engaged in the land and lumber business.


Connely, Sidney S., Pittsfield, is a druggist, general grocer, and fancy goods dealer, and also deals largely in patent medicines. He was born in Deerfield in 1852, and was married in 1875 to Ellen E. Mead, a daughter of John Mead. They have had two children born to them - Rufus N., born in 1880, and Leon S., born in 1882. Sidney S. Connely was a son of John F. and Aurelia (Trask) Connely, who were born in War- ren county. They had a family of three children born to them - Helen E., Newton I., and Sidney S. Newton was born in 1850, and died June 1, 1885. Helen E., born in 1848, married R. Bliss in 1883. John F. Connely died February 22, 1854. He was a son of Isaac and Mary Connely. Isaac was a prominent man of his county ; was a judge of the same, and died in 1864. Sidney S. Connely embarked in the mercantile business in July, 1879. His mother, Aurelia, died May 3, 1862.


Cooney, John, Irvine p. o., Brokenstraw, was born six miles from the city of Cork, Ireland. His parents were Daniel and Mary Mahoney Cooney, who were born and married in Ireland; Daniel was born in 1780. Mary died in Ireland, leaving a family of six children, three of whom are now living - James and John in this country, and Daniel in Ireland. Daniel, senior, married for his second wife Mary Shehan, in 1830, and had two children ; one died in Ireland, and the other, a daughter, is living in Pennsylvania. Daniel and Mary (Shehan) Cooney left Ireland about 1856. Daniel died in Warren county in 1864, and Mary died in 1885 at Silver Lake, aged 108 years; she always enjoyed good health up to the time of her death. John Cooney left Ireland and settled at Susquehanna county in 1844, and in 1846 he became engaged in the building of railroads as contractor, etc., a business he followed for several years. In 1866 he settled in Irvine and built a store and embarked in mercantile business, in which he still continues. He was married in 1851 to Bridget Collins, of Lockport, N. Y. They have had a family of twelve children, nine of whom are now living- four daughters and five sons. Mr. Cooney has been justice of the peace for several years, and town supervisor; also postmaster of the town he lives in at present, and has been engaged in the lumber business, to a large extent, for railroad supplies.


Cornen, C. A., Youngsville p. o., was born in Connecticut in 1844. He settled in Venango county as a butcher and packer in 1862, and in 1863 he was induced by his judgment to embark in the oil producing business. He accordingly leased a section, which proved successful, and then purchased a tract of 165 acres near Oil City in 1868. In 1872 Messrs. C. A. & D. Cornen purchased 210 acres in McKean county, and later they made a purchase of 550 acres in Forest county ; this latter purchase is yet unde- veloped. They now have seventy producing wells. all of which except seven are flowing wells. He has never failed in finding the object of his search. D. Cornen was born in Connecticut in 1855, and settled in Warren in 1883. C. A. settled in Youngsville in 1883, where he erected his residence in 1886.


Covell, Charles, Tidioute p. o., Deerfield, was born in Washington county, N. Y., Feburary 3, 1835. He was a son of Nathaniel and Eliza (Densmore) Covell. Eliza died May 20, 1840, leaving a family of three children. Nathaniel was a son of Dr. Joseph Covell, who came to America with General La Fayette as a surgeon in the Revolutionary army. Charles Covell settled in Warren county in 1853, coming there from Saratoga county, N. Y., and there engaged in the lumber business and farming. He was married July 11, 1857, to Esther Cauvel, of Venango county. They have had a family of three children born to them - Amanda A., Amelia A., and Charles A. Amanda A. married James Lewis, and Amelia A. married Whitley W. Greenlee. He died in 1883, leaving a widow and two children. Amelia then married her second husband, Seth Ganyes. Charles Covell enlisted in Company K., 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in 1862, under Colonel Pierce, and served to the close of the war, and was discharged July 24, 1865, at Philadelphia. He was elected justice of the peace in 1882 for a term of five years; has been assessor for four terms, and also held other offices.


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His wife was a daughter of Christian and Mary (Lama) Cauvel, of Venango, Penn. Amanda A. has four children - three daughters and one son - Maud A., Ada Z., Nettie A., and William H. Lewis. Amelia A. has two sons - Earl A. and Charles W. Greenlee. Charles A. married Ella Higley September 8, 1886. Joseph Covell had twenty-one children - nineteen sons and two daughters. Charles Covell's brother's name was Andrew J. Nathaniel Covell was born October 24, 1782; Christian Cauvel was born March 6, 1798; died October 6, 1870. Mary Tama Cauvel was born November 16, 1812; died July 5, 1886. Esther Cauvel was born April 28, 1841. Nathaniel Covell was a soldier in the War of 1812.


Crocker, Michael McKinney, Brokenstraw, Youngsville p. o., was born in Cone- wango in 1849, and was a son of Francis O. and Eliza (Mckinney) Crocker. Eliza Mckinney was a daughter of Michael and Margaret Mckinney. Eliza was born in Warren county, and her husband, Francis O., was born in Vermont, in 1809. They have had a family of ten children - six sons and four daughters. Two sons enlisted -S. James and Rienz. Sidney James was a prisoner in the rebel prison for ten months dur- ing the late war. Francis O. Crocker has held the office of tipstaff of the court for the past thirty years. Michael M. Crocker was married in 1872 to Eveline D. Chandler, who was born in 1852. They have had a family of three children - Roy A., born in 1873; Raymond R., born in 1876; and Clair E., born in 1884. Eveline D. was a daughter of the old settlers, John W. Chandler and Abigail (Smith) Chandler, of Chand- ler's Valley, Sugar Grove township. They had a family of five children - three daugh- ters and two sons. John W. died in 1880. The children now living are Orville Del- phine, Perry L., Eveline D., and Mertie. John W. was a son of John and Mabel (Was- son) Chandler, who came from Orange county, N. Y., about 1810. John and Mabel had a family of twelve chiklren. John was born in 1787 and died in 1867, and Mabel was born in 1791 and died in 1875. Chandler's Valley took its name from this family. Michael Crocker was elected county commissioner in 1885, and his term does not ex- pire until 1888; he has held many of the minor offices of his town. He purchased his present homestead of ninety acres in 1877. then heavy timber land, but now is under fine improvement.


Cummings, George D., West Spring Creek p. o., cleared and owns a large tract of land in Spring Creek, in which place he was born. In 1868 he married Sue Woodbury, of Pittsfieldl. He is a son of M. Perry, who was born in Bristol county, Mass., in 1813; settled in Spring Creek in 1836, and married Sarah Yager, of Otsego county, N. Y., in 1837. They have two children - George D. and Mary A.


Cumings, Henry H .. Tidioute, was born in Monmouth, Warren county, Ill., De- cember 1, 1840, of New England parents. He removed to Madison, Lake county, O., in 1852. where Henry H. received his education, being a graduate of Oberlin College, of the class of 1862. He enlisted in July. 1862, in the 105th Ohio Vol. Infantry, and served under Buel in Kentucky, in 1862, taking part in the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862 ; was post quartermaster at Mumfordsville, Ky .. during the winter of 1862-63; rejoined his regiment - which was a part of the 14th Army Corps - in April, 1863, and participated in all its campaigns and battles till mustered out in June, 1865, having served under Rosecrans, Thomas, and Sherman. through Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, closing with the grand review of the army in Washington, D. C., in May, 1865. He was promoted to captain, and assigned to Co. K of his regiment in March, 1864. He came to the oil region in September, 1865 : settled in Tidioute, June, 1866, being at that time engaged with Day & Co., in which firm he soon became a partner, in the oil refining business and shipping of crude and refined oil. The firm dissolved in 1873, when he formed a partnership with Jahu Hun- ter, as Ilunter & Cumings, in the producing of oil, and various other enterprises, which they are still engaged in. H. H. Cumings married Charlotte J. Sink, who was born in Rome, N. Y., and married in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1867. They have a family of five chil- dren - Harriet Emily, Charles A., Henry H., jr., Ralph, and Laura Frances. Henry H. was a son of Charles and Emily (Amsden) Cumings. She was a native of Vermont, and her husband, Charles, was born in Brookline, Hillsboro county, N. H., in 1814.


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Charles Cumings was the son of Benjamin Cumings, born in Hollis, N. H., August 24, 1781.


Curtiss, Marvin W., Sugar Grove p. o., was born in Busti, Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1848, and is the son of Sidney R. Curtiss, and grandson of Ransom and Mary Pratt Curtiss (she a sister of L. H. Pratt). Marvin Curtiss came to Sugar Grove in 1864, and in 1870 married Grace Guygnon, of Sugar Grove. They have two children - Gertrude and Alice. He settled in the borough in 1880, and in 1884 he engaged in the mercantile trade, purchasing a store; in 1885 he sold his interest in the stock, and in October of the same year he purchased a half interest in a steam saw, plan- ing, stave, shingle, and flouring and custom merchant mill. The firm is Curtiss & Davis, dealers in flour and grain.


Dalrymple, Clark, Sugar Grove, was born in Massachusetts and removed to Sugar Grove with his father in 1871, and was married to Elizabeth Schoff in Brokenstraw in 1818, and unto them were born nine children-eight sons and one daughter - Mary Ann, now the wife of Judge Acocks, of Pittsfield ; David, Mark, William F., Clark, jr., Reu- ben, Oliver, Noah H., and Sheldon N. Clark was a son of David and Fannie (Clark) Dalrymple, who, with a family of eight children, removed from Massachusetts and set- tled two and one half miles southwest of Sugar Grove village, on the farm where his son Clark spent his life, and where Noah H. and Reuben now reside. The children were Mark C., David, Clark, Oliver, Chauncy, Mrs. Anna York, Mrs. Betsy Stuart, Mrs. Fannie Gregg. Mark C. was the first sheriff of Warren county. Clark died in 1869 aged seventy-five years, and his wife Elizabeth died in 1883 aged eighty-eight. Oliver, the son of Clark, is the famous Dalrymple Dakota farmer, having in crop about thirty thousand acres of wheat.


Dalrymple, 'Squire David R., Pittsfield, was born in Conewango township March 18, 1826, and married in 1846 Susan Foster, of Sugar Grove, who was born in 1830. They have four children - Phebe E., William W., R. B., and Nat A. Phebe married Gar- wood Bedford ; William married Kate Campbell; R. B. married N. Brown ; and Nat A. married Miss Moore, of Ohio. David R. was son of Mark C. and Phebe Greene Dalrymple. She was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., and he was born in Colerain, Mass., in 1779; they were married at Troy, N. Y., in 1809. Phebe died Septem- ber 17, 1841, leaving six children -Mrs. Lydia A. J. Foster, David R., and Mrs. Jerusha J. C. Ford, now living. Mark C. Dalrymple settled in Sugar Grove in 1814. He became the first sheriff of Warren county in [819, and served three years. He was a leading and influential man of the county. He settled in Pittsfield in 1828, where he died. He married a second wife, Mrs. Van Arnam, and after her death married Eliza Whitaker. He died in April, 1873. David R. Dalrymple enlisted in Company I, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in 1864, and served till the close of the war under Colonel Schoonmaker. He was elected justice in 1855 and is now serving his thirtieth successive year ; he has been commissioner two terms, and assessor nine years, and has held all the other minor town offices. He has been a farmer and lumber manufacturer and shipper.


Dalrymple, Frank H., was born in Sugar Grove, and is a son of David and Mary B. Dennigan Dalrymple. She was born in 1822 in Longford, Ireland, a daughter of Michael and Catharine Bannan Dennigan, who settled in Sugar Grove in 1838. David was born in 1821, and his wife in 1822, and they were married in 1842. They have had a family of six children, five of whom are now living -Sheldon C., Elizabeth E., Catharine, Watson D., and Frank Henry. David has been a lumber manufacturer and shipper, and stock grower and dealer; he has a homestead of 210 acres. He was a son of Clark and Elizabeth Schoff, who were married in Brokenstraw in 1816; he was born in Cole- rain, Mass. They had a family of nine children - David, Mark, William F., Clark, jr., Reuben, Oliver, N. H., S. H., and Mary A. (Mrs. Judge Acox). Clark settled with his parents in Conewango in 1811. Clark's father, David, came with his family from Cole- rain, Mass., in 1811 ; his children were David, Mark, Clark, Chauncy, Ann, and Fanny. Mark Dalrymple was the first sheriff of Warren county. Oliver Dalrymple, the great wheat grower of Dakota, is a brother of David, and an uncle of Frank H.


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Dalrymple, Mark, Sugar Grove, was born in Sugar Grove in February, 1823. He married, October. 29, 1844, Eunice Fancher, of Dryden, Tompkins county, N. Y., who was born in 1823. Their children were William C., Newland, Mark, Silas A., Grant O., Mary E., Elizabeth, Alice, Harriet, Viola, Ada and Ella. Viola has taught several years ; also Elizabeth and Ada several terms. Mr. Dalrymple has been one of the lead- ing farmers of his town, and is now retired and lives in the borough. He was a son of Clark and Elizabeth Schoff Dalrymple. They were from Colerain, Mass., and were married in Brokenstraw. They had a family of nine children - David, Mark, William F., Clark, jr., Reuben, Oliver, N. H., S. N., and Mary A. Clark died in 1869, aged seventy-five years, and his widow died in 1883, aged eighty-eight years. Clark was son of David ; he with his wife and children settled in the county in 1811. The children were David, Mark, Chauncey, Clark, Mrs. York, and Fanny. The son Mark was the first sheriff of Warren county. The Dalrymple family are prominent and noted farmers of the United States - Oliver and his brothers and nephews being large wheat growers in the West.


Dalton, Andrew, Sugar Grove, is a general farmer, and was born in County Long- ford, Ireland, March 16, 1805. He was a son of James and Catharine Coffe Dalton. Andrew left Ireland and landed in New York in 1825. He married Ann Denning, of Ireland, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and spent five years in New York city, Hudson, and Al- bany, and in 1830 settled in Sugar Grove as a farmer. His wife died March 7, 1871, leaving a family of nine children, eight of whom are now living - Catharine (married Thomas Ferguson and is dead), Bridget, Mary Ann, Michael, Thomas, James, Eliza- beth, Margaret, and William. Mary A. married Isaac Knapp; Elizabeth married M. Curnell. Andrew Dalton has been a successful farmer and stock grower, having a great fancy for fine horses.


Curtis, Elliot M., Tidioute p. o., Glade, was born in Bridgeport, Conn., in 1831, and set- tled in Tidoute in 1866, and in 1868 he became a book-keeper in the bank of Grandin & Baum, and in 1870 he became cashier in the Grandin Banking House, and still remains there. He was married in 1867 to Ellen Stone, of New Milford, Conn. They have had a family of three children born to them - Harriet L., Elliot S., and Stillman W. Mr. Curtis enlisted from Bridgeport, Conn., in April, 1861, on the three months call, as a lieutenant, served his time, and re-enlisted as captain in the Ninth Regiment and served for three years. He was promoted to major and served from 1864 to March, 1866, as major of the Fourth Regiment. First Army Corps (Hancock's) U. S. Veteran Volun- teers.


Darling, Lewis H., Sugar Grove, is a general druggist and pharmacist. He first en- gaged in the business in Chandler's Valley in 1881, and in 1886 settled in Sugar Grove. He was born in Chandler's Valley in 1857, and was married in 1880 to Nettie E. Goodban, by whom he has had two children -- Mabel and Sadie. Mr. and Mrs. Darling were both graduates of the State Normal School at Edenboro, Erie county, in the class of 1879. They have both taught school for several terms. Lewis H. was a son of S. S. and Sally M. (Brooks) Darling.


Davis, Erastus A., Youngsville p. o., Brokenstraw, was born in Youngsville in Au- gust, 1837. He was married on March 28. 1860, to Adelia Hamblin. They have a family of three children - Minnie C., Emma II., and Archie G. Adelia Davis was a daughter of David and Elsie (Davis) Hamblin. Mr. Davis was councilman for seven years, burgess one term, a school director for three years, and also held other minor town and district offices. He was a son of William W. and Mary A. (Blakesley) Davis ; she was born in Granville, Washington county, N. Y., July 13, 1806, and died June 12, 1881, and her husband, William W., was born in Westmoreland county in 1798. They were married on December 31, 1823, and had a family of six sons and three daughters -- Emeline, Charles C., C. B., Prudence, Selden L., E. A., Ruben B., William P., and Cordelia A. William W. Davis was an early and successful river pilot, farmer and lum- berman. Two of his children - Cyrus B. and Erastus A. -- are engaged in the manu- facture of carriages, wagons, and sleighs, and carriage smithing and repairing in Youngs- ville. They first engaged in 1858, purchasing the business of C. B. Davis, who first


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became engaged in 1857. Cyrus B. Davis was married in 1849 to Laura Hull, of Youngsville. They have four children. Cyrus B. was born in 1829.


Davis, Emry, Sugar Grove, a resident of Sugar Grove, Warren county, was born at Busti, N. Y., in 1827. He was a son of Emry and Amy (Aiken) Davis. He was a native of Wardsboro, Vt., and his wife was born in Pittstown, N. Y .; they died in Busti, he in 1860, and she in 1870. Emry married Martha L. Robertson, of Busti, Chautau- qua county, N. Y., in 1854. They have had a family of three children born to them - Arabella, Adams, and James. Arabella married C. M. Short, a banker of Sugar Grove. Adams was a graduate of the Sugar Grove Seminary, the commercial department in the class of 1886. Mr. Davis was a member of the New York Legislature in 1862, and supervisor, and has also held other offices in Busti, N. Y. He settled in Sugar Grove in 1870, and in 1872 he engaged in the manufacture of Hutch's universal cough syrup, Davis's home relief for pain, Dr. A. H. Davis's family pills, and Wilson's rheu- matism remedy, with offices at Jamestown, N. Y., and Sugar Grove.


Davis, William A., Youngsville p. o., Brokenstraw, was born in Youngsville on April 18, 1818. He was a son of Abraham and Ruth (Mead) Davis, who were mar- ried on November 12, 1807, in Warren county. They had a family of six sons and two daughters - Elijah, born in 1813; Darius, born in 1815; William A., born in 1818; Asahel, born in 1824; P. Fillmore, born in 1825; Willard J., born in 1828; Susan Whitney, born in 1809; and Anna Devendorf, born in 1820. Abraham Davis was born on Long Island in March, 1782, and was a son of Elijah and Desiah Davis. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and settled in Warren county about the year 1801. Abraham's father had a family of nine children, only one of whom is now living- Mr. James Davis, now eighty-two years of age. William A. Davis was married on February 22, 1839, to Prudence A. Blakeslee, who was born in Crawford county in 1820. They have had a family of six children - Robert E., born on December 23, 1839; Reuben P., born on May 17, 1842; John W., born on November 25, 1844; Laura A., born on September 8, 1848; Susan H., born on August 12, 1853 ; Charles L., born August 31, 1868 ; Laura A., married in 1866 to Burt Hotchkiss. Susan H. was married in 1872 to G. Y. Ball; Robert E. married Harriet A. Hamblin in 1859; Reuben P. married Agnes A. Carrie in 1866, and John W. was married in 1867 to Sarah Holt. William A. Davis now owns and occupies the old homestead of two hun- dred acres, which was purchased by his father in 1814. Prudence was a daughter of Reuben and Prudence Blakesley, who were born and married in Washington county, N. Y., and settled in Crawford county in 1817, where they died.




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