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BARNA DANIELS, farmer, P. O. Keech, was born in Bingham town- ship, Potter Co., Penn., September 12, 1828, a son of George W. and Achsah (Hawley) Daniels, formerly of Broome county, N. Y., who settled in Bingham township in March, 1828. His father was a prominent and representative farmer, cleared and improved three farms in Bingham township, and lived and died there. He had fifteen children: Charles, Olive (Mrs. James Ardrey), Lydia A. (Mrs. Levi Quimby), Barna, Joseph W., Ruth (Mrs. George W. Gurnsey), Nathan H., Betsey J. (Mrs. Lester M. Crum). Harriet E. (Mrs. Lester Dingman), Silas, Sarah (Mrs. Thomas Morrison), Emma (Mrs. Charles Gridley), Ezra, William and John. Barna Daniels was reared in Bingham township, and in 1852 purchased the land in Genesee he now occupies, and on which he settled in 1857, and which he cleared and improved himself. He married, July 4, 1855, Julia H., daughter of Willis and Sarah (Grover) Young, of Ulysses township, this county, and to them have been born three children: Rosalie (Mrs. Gaylord Crum), Adell (Mrs. W. D. Smith), and Fannie (de- ceased). Mr. Daniels has held the offices of school director and judge of elec- tion. He is a Democrat in politics, and one of the enterprising and rep- resentative farmers of Genesee township.
IRA E. EASTON, farmer, P. O. Genesee Fork, was born in Madison county, N. Y., January 6, 1846, a son of Resolved and Rosina (Payne) Easton.
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His paternal grandfather was Theophilus Easton, a native of Providence, R. I., who was among the early settlers of Genesee township, and cleared and improved the farm now owned by William Cobb. on which he resided for many years. He is now a resident of Bingham township, and is in the ninety-seventh year of his age. His children were Resolved, Orpha (Mrs. D. Buckley), Jo- seph, Delighta (Mrs. Ira Robbins), Asia A. (Mrs. Graham Hurd). Cornelia (MIrs. Urial Sherman), Lincoln, William, Henry, James, John, Emeline (Mrs. A. Amidon) and Harriet (Mrs. Henry Merritt). Of these Resolved was a na- tive of Rhode Island, and lived for a number of years in Madison county, N. Y. He settled in Genesee, Potter Co., Penn., in 1856, and was engaged in farming up to 1883, when he retired. His children were four in number, viz. : Louisa (Mrs. W. L. Roberts), Adeline (Mrs. John Leet), Ira E. and Maryette (MIrs. Colonel Cady). Ira E. Easton was reared in Genesee from nine years of age, and has always been a farmer. He married, July 4, 1867, Eliza J .. daughter of Harry and Jane (Pye) Hurd, of Genesee township, and to them have been born four children: Gertrude, Mand, Esther A. and Harry. Mr. Easton is a member of the Knights of Honor and of the Equitable Aid Union. He has held most of the minor offices of the township, and is now serving his second term as justice of the peace. Politically he is a Democrat.
OLIVER W. HICKOX, farmer, P. O. Genesee Fork, was born in Wind- sor, Broome Co., N. Y., February 18, 1811, a son of Thomas and Hannah (Wolcott) Hickox, natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts, respectively, who were among the early settlers of Broome county, N. Y., Oliver W. Hickox was reared in his native town, and there married Harriet, daughter of An- drew and Hannah (Cole) Moore, early settlers of that county, and grand-daugh- ter of William Moore, a native of Schenectady, N. Y., and one of the pioneers of Broome county, N. Y. The issue of this union was five children: Willard. Ansel, Hannah (Mrs. F. B. Sherman), Sarah (Mrs. Volney Stannard) and Josephine. Mr. Hickox located in Tioga county, Penn., in 1837, and one year later he proceeded to Portville, N. Y., where he remained two years. In 1841 he removed to Friendship, N. Y., where he lived three years, and then lived seven years in Belmont, N. Y., and after another year's residence in Friendship located in Genesee township, this county, about 1852, where he has since resided. For several years he was engaged in lumbering, and cleared and improved the farm he now occupies. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he has always been a Democrat, and has held several of the local offices of the township.
WILLARD HICKOX, farmer, P. O. Genesee Fork, was born in Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y., February 9, 1837, a son of Oliver W. and Harriet (Moore) Hickox, who settled in Genesee township, Potter Co., Penn., about 1851. He came to Genesee with his parents, received a common-school education, and after attaining his majority began life as a farmer and lumberman, and from 1861 to 1866 was located at Titusville, Penn., where he followed teaming, and was also an inspector of oil. Since 1866, with the exception of two years, he has resided in Genesee township. In 1869 he located on the farm he now occupies, most of which he cleared, and made all improvements in buildings. In May, 1861, he married Phebe, daughter of Samuel and Charity (Thomp- son) Hurd, of Genesee township. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. the Equitable Aid Union and of the Sons of Temperance. In politics he is a Democrat, and has held most of the offices of the township.
BRYAN MCGINNIS, farmer, P. O. Shongo. N. Y., was born in Ireland in 1839, came with his parents to Boston in 1842, and in 1845 removed to Angelica, Allegany Co., N. Y., thence to Wellsville, and eventually located in
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Genesee towuship at the Irish settlement. His father's family consisted of seven boys and four girls; both parents are deceased. Bryan made his home with his parents until 1860, when he married Helen Moran, daughter of Mar- tin Moran, the first Irish settler of Genesee township, where the newly mar- ried pair also located and engaged in farming. Their children were Dennis (who was killed by lightning August 23, 1883), Maggie (now Mrs. John Chapel of Ulysses), Frank H., James. Benny, Conny and Clare. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Ginnis are both members of the Catholic Church. Mr. McGinnis enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in Company D, One Hundred and Seventieth New York Volunteers, but was discharged on account of disability. He is a mem- ber of Estes Post, No. 125, G. A. R. In politics he is a Democrat; was elected county commissioner in 1884, and re-elected in 1887. He has been supervisor of Genesee township nine successive years, poormaster, eight years, and secretary of the school-board seven years.
HERBERT O. PERRY, woolen manufacturer, Genesee Forks, was born in Vermont, July 22, 1814. a son of John and Margaret (Wade) Perry. He was reared in Manlius, N. Y., where he worked in a cotton factory nine years. From there he went to Pratt's Hollow, Madison Co., N. Y., in 1832, and was there superintendent of a cotton-mill until 1848, and six years of that time had an interest in the mill. In 1848 he settled in Genesee township, Potter Co., l'enn., and erected a woolen factory in what at that time was a wilderness, and this he has conducted ever since. During the war he employed eight hands, but since 1870 has employed but four in the busy season. For five years he conducted a grocery in connection with his woolen factory, and in the first years of his settlement did considerable business in pine lumber. He was mar- ried, March S, 1835, to Rebecca, daughter of Robert and Phebe (Peet) Dunbar, early settlers of Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y., and they have had four children: Harriet H. (Mrs. Benjamin Noble), Emeline (deceased), Margaret (deceased) and Herbert A. Mr. Perry is a Republican in politics, and has filled several of the minor offices of the township.
BENJAMIN F. SHERMAN, farmer and produce dealer, P. O. Genesee Fork, was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., January 20, 1840, a son of Thomas W. and Sophronia (Hurd) Sherman, who settled in Genesee township, Potter Co., Penn., in 1856, where they resided until their death. They had nine children: Phebe (Mrs. Wm. H. Jones), Benjamin F., Ellen (Mrs. Chauncey Gilber), Thomas J., Henry, Walter, Mary (Mrs. Edwin Caple), Caroline (Mrs. Nor- man Keech) and Samuel S. Benjamin F. Sherman in early manhood was a jobber in lumber, and from 1858 to 1862 was engaged in farming in Bingham township. He then located at Titusville. Penn., where he was engaged in various branches, including real estate and oil producing, for six years. In 1868 he purchased the farm he now occupies, in Genesee township, where he has since resided, and which he cleared and improved. He has also been more or less engaged in lumbering and in the live-stock business, and since 1884 he has made a specialty of the butter business, which averages from two to three tons per month, to supply his customers. In December, 1863, he married Hannah, daughter of Oliver W. and Harriet (Moore) Hickox, of Genesee, and they have two children: Charles W. and Harriet S. (Mrs. G. C. Russell). Mr. Sherman has held the office of mercantile appraiser, and was census enumerator for the townships of Genesee and Oswayo in 1880. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also belongs to the Knights of Honor and the Knights of the Maccabees. In politics he is a Republican.
JEROME J. WATERMAN, proprietor of the Waterman House, Genesee Forks, was born in Oneida county, N. Y., June 19, 1842, a son of Artemas and
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Amanda (Worden) Waterman. His father died when Jerome was a child, and his mother afterward married William F. Smith. In 1852 his mother and stepfather settled in Genesee township, Potter Co., Penn., on the farm now owned by Mr. Waterman, which they cleared and improved. Of this family there was, besides Jerome J., one daughter, Julia A., now Mrs. John S. Ather- ton. Jerome J. Waterman was reared in Genesee township from ten years of age. He was in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting in June, 1861, in Com- pany H. Thirty-seventh New York Infantry. He was shot through the cheek at the battle of Fair Oaks, in 1862, and was wounded in the left leg at the battle of Chancellorsville, in May, 1863. He was honorably discharged, on account of expiration of term of enlistment, in June, 1863; re enlisting Janu- ary 31, 1864, in Company D, Fiftieth Wisconsin Infantry, he served one year and four months, and was again honorably discharged. After the war he engaged in farming in Genesee township, and in 1871 purchased the homestead farm which he still owns and on which he resided for seventeen years. In 1887 he erected the Waterman House at Genesee Forks, of which he has since been the popular landlord. In 1866 he married Percis, daughter of Fielder and Sarah (Knight) Chapman, of Genesee township, and they have one son, Will- iam D. Mr. Waterman is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the G. A. R. He has served one term as justice of the peace of Genesee, and in politics is a Republican.
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ZERA O. BACON, farmer, P. O. Genesee Fork, was born in Wellsville, N. Y., March 12, 1837, a son of Ira and Naomi (Bennett) Bacon, who settled in Bingham township in 1843, on the farm now occupied by Zera O., where they died. They had eleven children, viz .: Franklin, Emily (Mrs. James Briggs), Henry, Feedus, Barbara (Mrs. Asahel Lewis), Zera O., Willard, David, Amanda (Mrs. Henry Silvus), Ira and John. Zera O. Bacon was reared in Bingham township from the age of six years, and has lived on the old home- stead, most of which he cleared and improved. He married Lucinda, daugh- ter of George and Angeline (Porter) Keech, of Madison county, N. Y., and they have five children, viz. : Jennie (Mrs. Simeon Boon) Wallace, Bessie, Lizzie and Ira. Mr. Bacon is a Republican in politics, and is a representative farmer and citizen.
ABEL BISHOP, farmer. P. O. Genesee Fork, was born in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., November 28, 1842. a son of George W. and Cyrene (Wedge) Bishop. He was reared in his native county, and in 1869 settled in Bingham township, where he has since resided. He was twice married, his first wife being Angeline, daughter of Caleb and Angeline (Wilson) Lewis, of Indepen- dence, N. Y., and grand-daughter of Abram Lewis, a pioneer of that town- ship. They had two children, Bertha (Mrs. Dennis Hill) and Fred. Mr.
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Bishop's second wife was Mary, daughter of William and Lucy (Howe) Spen- cer, of Bingham township. Mr. Bishop is a representative farmer and citizen; in politics he is a Republican.
ASAHEL H. BRIGGS, farmer, clergyman and dealer in agricultural im- plements, P. O. North Bingham was born in Bingham township, Potter Co., Penn., February 19, 1840, a son of Ebenezer P. and Lydia (Matteson) Briggs, his father a native of Dutchess county, N. Y., and his mother of Madison county, N. Y. His paternal grandfather was Job Briggs, formerly of Dutchess county, N. Y., and among the pioneers of Bingham township. He was a farm- er and mechanic and resided in the township until his death. Four of his sons were pioneers of Bingham township, named as follows: David S., Ebene- zer P., Vose P. and Uriah S. His father Ebenezer P., settled in Bingham township in 1826, and cleared and improved the farm now owned by his sons A H. and J. M., and Eli Hall. He drew the lumber for his first residence twenty-two miles with an ox team. His children were four in number, as fol- lows: Martin D., James M., Emily (Mrs. L. E. McCarn) and Asahel H. A. H. Briggs was reared in his native township, and now occupies a part of the old homestead. He was ordained a minister of the Christian Church, and has been a member of the Advent Christian Conference of Northern Pennsylvania since its organization in 1871. He married, July 3, 1858, Sarah M., daughter of John and Thankful ( Turner) Potter. of Independence, N. Y., and they have two children: Ione G. and Martin G. Mr. Briggs is a representative citizen of the county. Politically he is an advocate of Prohibition.
CHARLES M. BURT, farmer, P. O. North Bingham, was born in Ulysses. Potter Co., Penn., September 4, 1846, a son of Titus W. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Burt. His paternal grandfather was Anson I. Burt, a native of the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and among the pioneers of Ulysses township, where he cleared and improved a farm on which he lived and died. His wife was Betsey Black- mer, by whom he had the following children: Sally (Mrs. William Canfield), James, William, Laura, Betsey (Mrs. Charles Monroe), Titus and Kate (Mrs. Thomas Parker). The maternal grandfather was Seth Lewis, also a pioneer of Ulysses. Titus W. Burt was a native of Broome county, N. Y., and was reared in Ulysses from nine years of age. He cleared and improved a farm there and is now a resident of Lewisville. He served one term as member of the assembly from this district, and is a prominent citizen. His children are Charles M., Anson S., Marion (Mrs. Charles E. Hosley), Clarence E., Arthur S, Kate (Mrs. John F. Stone). Charles M. Burt was reared in Ulysses, and after attaining his majority engaged in farming for himself. In 1869 he locat- ed in Bingham township on the farm he now occupies, part of which he cleared and made all the improvements in the erection of present buildings. In June, 1867, he married Kate, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Colvin) Jones, early settlers of Bingham township, and they have two children, Titus M. and Carl C. Mr. Burt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is a Democrat and an advocate of Prohibition.
IRA B. CARPENTER, farmer, P. O. Bingham Centre, was born in Dry- den, Tompkins Co., N. Y., March 27, 1823, a son of Barber and Eleanor (Bron- son) Carpenter, natives of Massachusetts, who settled in Bingham township in 1838, on the farm now owned and occupied by our subject, and resided in the township until their death. They had eleven children who grew to maturity: Theodorus, William, Melissa (Mrs. Peter Teeter), Selden, Mary (Mrs. Francis Drake), Bethiah (Mrs. Amos R. Lewis), Matilda (Mrs. G. W. Lewis), Arvilla ( Mrs. Alonzo Mudge), Irena (Mrs. Wm. Knapp), Ira B. and Cordelia (Mrs. S. K. Niles). Ira B. Carpenter was sixteen years of age when he came to Bing-
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bam township, and he now occupies the old homestead of his father, which he assisted in clearing and improving. He was married September 8, 1845, to Mary A., daughter of David and Margaret (Gibson) Baldwin, of Hector, this county, by whom he had six children who grew to maturity: Selden, Sarah (Mrs. Dr. E. S. Mattison). Engene. Roselle, Elma (Mrs. Chas. Allen) and Della (Mrs. Fowler Lewis). Mr. Carpenter was in the Civil war, drafted September 29, 1864, and was assigned to Company D. Fifty-eighth Penn- sylvania Volunteers, and was honorably discharged June 16, 1865. He has been justice of the peace of Bingham township twenty-four years, and has held other minor offices. His commissions for the office of justice have been signed by five different governors for five successive terms. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Republican.
GAYLORD E. COLVIN, farmer, P. O. North Bingham, was born in Bing. ham township. Potter Co., Penn., January 11, 1854, a son of George W. and Adelia (Nichols) Colvin. His paternal grandparents were Joshua and Doro- thea (Castler) Colvin, who settled in Bingham township in 1833, and cleared and improved a farm. They afterward removed to Cook county, Ill., where they died. His maternal grandparents were Samuel and Nabby (Chase) Nichols, pioneers of Eldred. Mckean Co., Penn. George W. Colvin was reared in Bingham township from nine years of age. He cleared and improved the farm now occupied by G. E. Colvin, and for a number of years was engaged in lum- bering in Sharon township, Potter county. He is now a resident of North Bingham. He held the office of commissioner of Potter county two terms. and is a respected and prominent citizen. His children were Ann (Mrs. Will- iam G. Raymond) and Gaylord E. The latter resides on and conducts the old homestead. He married, October 10, 1877, Hattie. daughter of Harmon P. and Jane ( Millard) Matson, of Woodhull. Steuben Co., N. Y. Mr. Col- vin is a representative young farmer of Bingham township, and in politics he is a Republican.
AUSTIN C. CRUM. farmer, P. O. West Bingham, was born in Caroline. Tompkins Co., N. Y., September 18, 1826, a son of Lyman and Bathsheba (Stevens) Crum. His father, who was a farmer, cooper and carpenter, settled in Bingham township in 1840, where he resided until his death. He had a family of nine children: Lyman R. S., Lillis (Mrs. Orrin Ennis), Sally (Mrs. Henry Wilmuth), Harriet (Mrs. G. M. Perry), Clark, Julia (Mrs. Moses Hack- ett). Truman, Waite and Austin C. The last named was thirteen years of age when he came with his father to Bingham township. He cleared a part of the farm he now occupies and part of another. In 1847 he married Mary, daugh- ter of Dexter and Alma (Bronson) Barnes, of Bingham township, and to them have been born four children: Mary D. (Mrs. John E. Harvey), Clark. Cirelda (Mrs. Sylvester Sherman) and Morris D. Mr. Crum is a well-known and re- spected citizen. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In pol- ities he is a Republican, and has held the office of school director.
JOHN DANIELS, miller, P. O. Ulysses, was born in Bingham township, Potter Co., Penn .. August 8, 1842, a son of George W. and Achsah (Hawley) Daniels, who settled in that township in 1827. He was reared in his native township, where for many years, he was engaged in farming. He had been following his present business two years, and operates the oldest grist-mill in Potter county. He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in Company I. One Hundred and Eighty-ninth New York Infantry, and served one year, when he was honorably discharged. He married Maria, daughter of Ephraim Utter, of Tioga county, Penn.
WILLIAM DANIELS was born in Bingham township, Potter Co., Penn.,
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December 12, 1844, a son of George W. and Achsah (Hawley) Daniels, who settled in that township in 1827. His maternal grandfather was Solomon Hawley, a native of Connecticut, who settled in Bingham township in 1827. William Daniels was reared in his native township, and April 1, 1862, enlisted in Company F, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was wounded at the battle of Chapin's Farm, September 29, 1864, and was honorably discharged from the service April 20, 1865. After the war he engaged in farming in Bingham township, which he followed up to 1880. He then embarked in the grocery business at Lewisville with G. H. Cobb, and a year later purchased his part- ner's interest, conducting the business alone for a short time, when he sold ont. He then opened a clothing store in same town, the first exclusive estab lishment of the kind in the place, which he conducted two years. He then traveled for an Elmira commercial house for two years, and afterward again en- gaged in mercantile business in Lewisville for one and a half years. January 14, 1866, he married Ellen H., daughter of John and Martha (Lewis) Harris, of Lewisville, and they have two children: M. Inez and Henry H. Mr. Daniels is a well-known citizen of Potter county, and is a member of the F. & A. M. and G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican.
JEROME HARVEY, farmer, P. O. West Bingham, was born in Triangle, Broome Co., N. Y., May 11, 1825, a son of Joseph and Rhoda (Baker) Harvey, who settled in Bingham township in 1847, locating on the farm now owned and occupied by their son, Jerome, which, with his assistance, he cleared and improved. Mr. Harvey was reared in his native county, being twenty-two years of age when he accompanied his father to Potter county. He partici- pated in the Civil war, being drafted in October, 1864, in Company D, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was honorably discharged in Sep- tember, 1865. He was twice married: His first wife was Adeline Saxton, of Broome county, N. Y., and his second wife was Cynthia Greene; of the same county. Mr. Harvey is a representative farmer and citizen of Bingham town- ship. He has held the offices of road commissioner and school director, and has also been postmaster of West Bingham. In politics he is independent.
DAVID T. HAUBER, farmer and lumberman, P. O. North Bingham, was born in West Union, Steuben Co. N. Y., November 29, 1835, a son of John and Jane Hauber. His paternal grandfather was Frederick Hauber, and his maternal grandfather was Guy Hauber, both from the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and among the first settlers of West Union, N. Y. David T. Hauber, was reared in his native town, began life as a farmer, and resided there up to 1870, when he removed to Bingham township, locating on the Hiram Ives farm, a good share of which he cleared, and made most of the improvements, erecting all the commodious farm buildings. He resided there until 1887, when he purchased the farm he now occupies at North Bingham, the best located and one of the finest and best farms in the township, where he has since resided. Besides the two places above mentioned, he owns the James Burt farm, a part of which he also cleared, and on which he erected a large barn, 40x50 feet in dimensions. Although not an old settler, Mr. Hauber has probably done as much toward the development of Bingham township as any other citizen, and, besides attending to his farm interests, has been engaged in lumbering more or less since 1883. He married, in 1865, Eugertha, daughter of Alvin and Alvina (Horton) Chapin, of West Union, N. Y., and they have three children: Blanche, Mary and Giles. Mr. Hauber was in the Civil war, enlisting August 22, 1862; he became corporal in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-first New York Volunteer In- fantry, was promoted to second sergeant, and honorably discharged June 26, 1865. He is a prominent and progressive farmer, is a member of the Meth-
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odist Episcopal Church, the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Masonic fraternity. He has been supervisor and school director of the township for nine years. Politically he is a Republican.
JOHN HENRY, farmer, P. O. Ulysses, was born in Luzerne county, Penn., December 31, 1818, a son of Christian and Barbara (Whaner) Henry, who set- tled in Bingham township in 1842, remained there about three years, and then removed to Livingston county, N. Y., where he died in 1846, his wife surviving him till the year 1886, when she died at the residence of her son, John Henry, in Bingham township, Potter Co., Penn. John Henry settled in Bingham township in 1842, and cleared and improved the farm he now occupies. He was married, December 8, 1844, to Susan A., daughter of Joshua and Polley (Rome) Thompson, who settled in Bingham township in 1824. By this union. there were five children born: George, Andrew J., Charles, Betsey (Mrs. J. C. Hawley) and Caroline (Mrs. James E. Mulford). Mr. Henry is a prominent citizen of Bingham township, is a member of the Free Will Baptist Church; he is a Democrat, and has held the offices of supervisor and school director.
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