"Ho" to Hz" Surname Family Sketches
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY;
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Hocroft, Morris R., Gorham, was born in Sodus, March 10, 1862,
one of two sons and a daughter of George and Lucy (Lund)
Hocroft, he a native of Leeds, England, and she of Sodus. Mr.
Hocroft has retired from active life. His father was Robert, a
native of Leeds, England, who came to America in 1823 and settled at
Lyons, Wayne county. He had five daughters and two sons and died
in 1873. Subject was reared on a farm and educated in Sodus
Academy. For some time he followed carpentry in Rochester.
In 1877 he began evaporating apples in Wayne county, and followed that
business until 1886, when he came to Gorham and purchased a farm of 130
acres, and continued in the same business, evaporating 10,000 bushels
yearly. The concern has a capacity of 360 bushels per day.
In 1886 Mr. Hocroft married Sarah Welburn, a native of Sodus,
born 1865, and a daughter of George and Mary Welburn, of Sodus.
Mr. Hocroft is a Republican, and his wife is a member of the Episcopal
church.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
George Hoefler, Geneva, was born in Nuremberg, Germany,
December 23, 1843. He was educated in his native country, and came to
the United States with his uncle in 1859, first locating in New York
city. He came to Geneva in 1860, and by occupation is a caterer and
confectioner. April 20, 1869, he married Marion Zobrist of
Geneva, and they have three children: John, who resides in the West;
William, who is now the champion bicyclist of the world; and Georgia
R., who resides at home.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Frank C. Hoffman, Geneva, was born in Bavaria, December 10,
1849, and when eighteen years of age came to America and located in
Manitowoc, Wis., and worked in a meat market for two years, then came
to Buffalo, where he remained eight months, thence to Rochester, where
he worked nearly six years, and then to Geneva, where is entered the
employ of W. I. Higgin. In 1882 he bought out Mr. Higgin, and has
carried on the
business very successfully ever since. He has the largest market in
Geneva,
besides owning some half dozen houses. In 1880 he married Maggie Klepfer,
and they have had two children, Annie and Lizzie. Mr. Hoffman is a
member of Ark Lodge No. 33 F. & A. M., Geneva Chapter No. 36, and
Geneva
Commandery No. 29.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
John Scott Hogarth, born at Paterson, N. J., January 21, 1793,
died at Geneva, February 10, 1861. He was in business as a tailor on
the south side of Seneca Street near the Mansion House. His brother,
Richard, was the father of Rev. William Hogarth, D. D., former pastor
of the North Presbyterian Church, and was a tailor on the north side of
Seneca Street east of Main Street, and for many years was a Justice of
the Peace.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Frank L. Hollingsworth, Victor, was born in the town of Greece,
Monroe county, October
24, 1855. He was educated in the public schools and has always been a
farmer. December 27, 1882, he married Frances, daughter of Isaac M. and
Mary Calkins of Victor. They have two sons and two daughters:
Gilbert L., George C., Florence L. and Lucy M. Mr. Hollingworth's
father was born in England about the
year 1807, came to the United States when a young man and married
Elizabeth Donken. They had two sons and a daughter, Frank
L., George D., and Carrie. Mrs. Hollingsworth's father, Isaac M., was
born in the year of 1822, and married Mary Dibble of East
Bloomfield, and had five children: Mary, Lucy, Frances, Cora and Horace.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Dr. Edwin O. Hollister, East Bloomfield, was born in Batavia,
April 4, 1845, a son of Nathan E. and Margaretta (Wortendyke) Hollister,
of Batavia and Hopewell, respectively. They had four children:
Cornelia, Edwin O., and Eugenia; the other died in infancy. Subject was
reared on
the farm and had a district school education, supplemented by an
academic
course at Alexandria. He taught school in early days, and also spent a
year
in a store at Batavia. In the latter town he read medicine with Dr.
Clark,
then attended a course of lectures at Buffalo, and graduated from
Bellevue
Hospital Medical College, New York. In the fall of 1874 he located at
East
Bloomfield, where he practiced all his life, and was a skillful
surgeon.
He served in county and town offices, and was a Democrat and a Mason.
He
died October 8, 1887. He was a trustee of the Congregational Church,
was
one of the Board of Education for seven years. June 5, 1878, he married
Sarah A., daughter of Henry W. and Sibyll (Sears) Hamlin, but
had
no children. He spent the last year of his life in the bank. the doctor
was a member of County, State and National Medical Associations, and
served
as president of the County Society.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Horace Nathaniel Holmes, D. D. S., Canandaigua. Dr. H. N.
Holmes is the son of Nathaniel Breed Holmes and Almira E. Banks
of the Hicks-Campbell families, well-known throughout New
England. His father is a native of New Hampshire, and his mother
of Maine. Dr. Holmes was born in Belfast, Waldo county ME in
1865. Paternal interests lying on the Pacific coast, the subject
of this sketch went to California, and at the age of eight was duly
entered in
the preparatory department of Livermore College, graduating as a
medallist in the class of '83. After a year in travel and
two years as teacher (part of the time in his Alma Mater), Dr. Holmes
entered the class of '89 at the University of Michigan, serving his
class as president during one year and being elected to several college
societies in his department. While as student he was the
protege of the distinguished Dr. Wm. H. Atkinson, of New York City, and
of the present Dean, Prof. Jonathan Taft, enjoying hospital privileges
and private clinics, which proved of incalculable benefit in after
years. After gaining his degree he joined an old and noted
practitioner,
Dr. Ezra H. Stewart, of Joliet, Ill., till the fall of 1891, when
he came to Canandaigua and assumed the extensive practice of Dr. G.
H. Watson, who had recently gone to Germany as one of the
dentists
of the Royal court. Dr. Holmes has contributed some to the
dental literature of the time, is a member of the Seventh District
Dental Society of New York, and several fraternal organizations.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Harrison Hopkins, West Bloomfield, was born in Dutchess county,
May 28, 1790. He came to West Bloomfield about 1834 and located on the
State road on the farm now owned by B. C. Hopkins, and resided there
until his death in 1882. He was a public spirited man, but never a
seeker after office. He early espoused the cause of the slaves, and was
a great worker in their interests. While Fred Douglass had his home in
Rochester he often spent much
of his time with Mr. Hopkins and other sympathetic friends. Mr. Hopkins
was in later life a Republican. He was a member of the Congregational
church and a strong temperance worker. He married in 1816 Merene Crosby
of Dutchess county who died in 1856. Their children were: Harriet,
deceased, Aurelius H., of this town, Rhoda A., Lydia E., Charlotte,
Harrison H. (the latter four deceased, Sarah Ann, who resides with her
brother, Mary, wife of Charles Brown of Nebraska, William
Clark, Lydia E. second (both deceased), Benjamin Crosby and Julia
Frances, widow of T. R. Peck. All but the first lived to adult
age. B.
S. Hopkins has succeeded to the farm. He is a Republican, a member of
the Farmers' Alliance, and has never married.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lewis Frederick Hoppough, Canadice, was born in Canadice, December
12, 1860. His father, Frederick D., was born in New Jersey in
1821, and his mother, Leah Coykendall, in 1825. They were
married in 1843 and Frederick
D. died in 1873, his wife surviving him, and making her home with her
son, Lewis F. He was town clerk sixteen years, and was constable
and collector. His father, Peter, came from New Jersey and
settled at the ford on Canadice Lake.
His wife was Margary Westbrook. Frederick D. and his
wife had eight children: John P.; Emery W.; Margery J.
(deceased); Mary E.; Sarah M. (deceased); Adelaide B. (deceased);
Adaline and
Lewis F. The latter married, March 18, 1883, Adella N. Ingraham,
daughter of Lorenzo, a prominent farmer of this town. They have
three children: Leonia A., born April 6, 1884; L. D. Burdette,
born January 14, 1889; and Bertha E., born April 27, 1891. Mr.
Hoppough makes a specialty of raising hay, and also of market
gardening. He makes cider and cider vinegar, raising a large
quantity of apples. He resides at the head of Canadice Lake,
where he has a boat livery, and has built on the bank of the lake a
house of entertainment for boarders and picnickers.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
A. V. Horning, Phelps, was born in Phelps, October 19, 1842,
one of six children of John M. and Angeline C. (Garrett) Horning.
John M., the father, was born in Connecticut, and came here and settled
when a young man, where he lived and died. The mother's family was also
from
Connecticut. The grandfather was Jacob Horning. In 1880 Mr. Horning
took
possession of the farm where he now lives, of 185 acres, including ten
acres
of orchard. He married in 1871 Louise Hosford of Phelps, one
of the
five children of Ashbel and Emlie Hosford. They have two children,
Nettie
H. and Frank A., both of whom live at home on the farm.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Isaiah Horton, Victor, was born in Springwater, Livingston
county, August 27, 1831, was educated in the district schools, and has
always
been a farmer. February 21, 1856, he married Miss R. E. Adams,
of Springwater, who was born August 28, 1830. They had six children:
Hiram
C., who married Ella Sanderson and has two children, Ruth and
Genevieve;
Coe C., who is a railroad man and married Lillie Harrington, of
Victor; Amarilla, who married Alfred N. Crandall; Arabelle A.
is
not married, and is a teacher; Joseph M. is also a teacher; and Manly
A.,
who died at the age of six years. All the children except Coe are
graduates
of Geneseo Normal School in the higher grades, and are holding
positions
of trust and honor. Mr. Horton settled in the town of Victor in the
year
1865. His father, Isaiah, was born in Scipio, Cayuga county, July 26,
1796,
and married Charlotte Chatfield, of his native county. They
had ten
children: Amarilla, Elisha, Miranda, Eliza, Hiram, Esther, Lucinda,
Isaiah,
Mary and Lewis. Three died when quite young. Mr. Horton was a member of
the Republican party until 1872, when he identified himself with the
Prohibition
party; in fact he was one of its earliest promoters in this vicinity;
he
voted all alone in Victor township for this party for ten years. Mr.
Horton's
father was a soldier in the War of 1812. The ancestry of this family is
English
and Dutch.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Joseph Housel, Canandaigua, was born in New Jersey, May 13,
1807, and came to Gorham with his parents. His father, Jasper,
had seven children, of whom Joseph was the oldest. He was
educated in the common schools. His father
bought a farm of seventy-five acres on the Academy Tract,
which Joseph secured soon after and bought up land in this section,
until at his death March 11, 1865, he owned 290 acres. He took an
interest in public affairs and was assessor many years, commissioner of
highways, school trustee, and member of the Ontario County Agricultural
Society. He was charitable and liberal to a fault, and had many
friends. By Caroline, his wife, he had ten children, four survive
him: Henry A., painter of Naples; James M., a farmer of Grand
Rapids, Mich.; Clara, wife of Lucius Goodnow, a commercial
traveler of Coldwater, Mich.; and Francis B., who conducts the home
farm. Mrs. Housel, the mother, was born in Albany county, May 11,
1816, and came to
Ontario county when but four years old. He had ten children
who reached maturity. Francis B. Housel was born on the home
farm July 30, 1857, and now manages the same, on which is one of
the most beautiful residences in the locality built in 1885. He
married in 1880 Inez S., daughter of James and Maria (Easton)
Hind, natives of England, and they have two children: Charles
F., born June 25, 1882; and Marion C., born September 19, 1886.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
James M. Houston, Victor,
was born in New York city October 13, 1845, and came with his parents
to Canandaigua when only a few years old. He was educated in the
district
schools of that town, and is a farmer. June 1, 1880, he married Mrs.
Mary
C. (Kellogg) Eaton, of Victor, N. Y. Mrs. Houston's daughter
by
her first husband, Lattie J., married William F. Hill of this
town.
Mr. Houston's father, Robert was born in Glasgow, Scotland, about the
year
1821. He married Jane Carson of his native place, and came to
the
United States about the year 1845, and soon after his arrival located
in
the town of Canandaigua. They had six children, two sons and four
daughters:
James, Agnes, Margaret, Frances, Jane and Robert. Mr. Houston came to
Victor
in the year 1873, clerking for a while, afterwards conducting the hotel
at Victor in company with G. W. Peer from 1880 to 1889. His father's
brother,
James, was a merchant in England, and afterwards in California. The
late
Curtis A. Kellogg was born near Miller's Corners, in the town of West
Bloomfield
in the year 1841. He was educated in the public schools. About the year
1868 he married Mary C. Eaton, formerly of Pittsford, Monroe Co. Mr.
Kellogg
had a variety of occupations but chief of all a produce dealer and
commission
merchant. He was killed in a railroad accident in March, 1878. He was
mourned
by a bereaved wife, and a large circle of friends and neighbors.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
H. Lawrence Howe, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, August
22, 1849, a son of Prof. Henry Howe, who was principal of the
Canandaigua
Academy from about 1825 to 1847. The early life of our subject was
spent
in this town, and he was educated in Canandaigua Academy and Cornell
University.
He learned the machinist's trade and was in John Roach's shop at
Chester,
Pa., for awhile, then went to California, and from there to Australia,
and
spent six years at sea. He returned home in 1883 and engaged in his
present
business. He married in September, 1884, Isabella S., daughter of
Alexander
McKechnie, and they have three children: James McK., Henry L.,
and
Jessie L. Mr. and Mrs. Howe are attendants of the Episcopal church, of
which
Mrs. Howe is a member.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
William A. Howe, M. D., Phelps, was born in Phelps September 11,
1862, one of seven children of John Q. and Nancy A. (Griffith)
Howe. John O., the father, was born in Arcadia, Wayne county, in
1818; came to Phelps when a boy and spent his life in the town,
engaging for more than forty-five years in the active practice of
medicine. Thomas Howe, the grandfather, was born in Vermont, and
came to this State and settled about the beginning of the century, his
ancestors coming to Vermont from England early in the seventeenth
century. William A. married, May 17, 1892, Elizabeth M., daughter
of Samuel S. and Frances (Bellamy) Partridge of Phelps.
They have one child, Margaret Partridge, born April 5, 1893. He
graduated from the Phelps Union and Classical School in 1882; entered
Hobart
College in the fall of the same year, and graduated from there in
1885. He then entered Columbia Medical College, New York,
graduating in 1888, since which time he has been engaged in the
practice of his profession in Phelps.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Joel M. Howey, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, January
30, 1819. His grandfather was a native of New Jersey, born about 1765,
who
moved to Athens, Pa., when a young man, and married Lodema Harris. They
were among the earliest settlers of Livingston county, coming there
about 1798, and moved to Canandaigua in 1815. In 1833 he went to Ohio,
where he died in 1835. He had seven sons and four daughters. John, the
oldest son, and father of Joel M., was born in Canada, in September,
1795, during his parents' brief residence there. He served in the war
of 1812, and in 1818 he married Harriet Moore, daughter of
Joel and Sarah (Gillett) Moore. In 1825 he bought a farm, where
he spent his life. He was a Republican, and also took great interest in
church work, having been for many years a member of the M. E. Church.
He died in September, 1863, and his wife in September, 1848. Of their
eight children the only survivor is Joel M. The latter was educated in
the common schools and at Canandaigua Academy. The latter lived on his
father's farm until 1848, when he removed to lots 77-78, then in
1885 came to the village and took up his present residence. He is a
staunch
Republican, and has held several town offices, among them being that of
supervisor. He is now commissioner of excise. In 1841 he married
Letitia,
daughter of Lewis and Phoebe (Conover) Johnson. Of their five
children
only one is now living, Hattie H., wife of W. E. Booth, of
Geneseo.
The only son reaching adult age, John M., was born in 1852, and was
educated
at Lima Seminary, and married in 1875, Anna, daughter of Francis J. Castle,
of Canandaigua, and they had two children, Martha M. and Louise L.
John
M. died April 25, 1884. Mrs. Howey, wife of Joel M., died September 15,
1883, and Mr. Howey's family is now composed of his son's widow and his
two granddaughters.
Excerpted from GENEALOGY OF
THE DESCENDANTS OF
JOHN WHITE OF WENHAM AND LANCASTER,
MASSACHUSETTS.1638-1905.
VOLUME III. Copyright 1905 by Almira Larkin
White. Printed by NICHOLS, "THE
PRINTER."
ARETHUSA Osgood, dau of Lemuel Osgood and Lydia Merrifield, b. in
Barre, Mass., June 24, 1784; m. July 4, 1802, BENJAMIN HOWLAND,
a farmer of Farmington, N. Y., who d. Nov. 23, 1854, in Frewsbury, N.
Y. Children:
25737.
Maria Howland, b. Sept. 30, 1804; m. Daniel Bidwell of Bloomington,
Wis.
25738.
Chloe Howland, b. Sept. 4, 1806; m. William Stilwell of Frewsbury. She
d. Sept. 8, 1833.
25739.
Naomi Howland, b. Aug. 22, 1809; m. Orrin Pixley, a farmer of
Manchester, N. Y. She d. (???).
25740.
Lydia Howland, b. Dec. 22, 1811; lived in Lancaster, Wis.
25741. Job
Howland, b. Apr. 9, 1814; m. (1) Clementine Jones, who d. Feb. 4, 1859;
m. a second wife and
lived in Woodstock, Ill., where he d. Feb. 9, 1863. His widow d.
in 1870.
25742.
Sarah Howland, b. June 24, 1816; d. July 2, 1839.
25743.
Emily Howland, b. Apr. 22, 1818; m. Daniel Vine of Ottokee, Ohio. She
d. Apr. 7, 1859.
25744.
Adaline Howland, b. Nov. 19, 1820; m. Alvin Lang of Shortsville, N. Y.,
and d. Nov., 1863.
25745.
Elizabeth Howland, +
25746.
Benjamin Howland, b. Jan. 25, 1825 ; m. Maria Bane of Frewsbury.
ELIZABETH Howland (25745), b. in Farmington, N. Y., June 4, 1822; m.
Jacob William of Frewsbury, N. Y. Children:
25808.
Emily William.
25809.
William William.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Chas. A. Howland, Manchester, was born in Manchester October
27, 1848. He received an excellent education and has followed farming
since his youth. He owns a fine farm of seventy-five acres, which he
purchased in 1876. Mr. Howland comes of an old revolutionary family,
who also participated in the War of 1812. He is a staunch
Prohibitionist and a worker for his party. Mr. Howland is possessed of
considerable ability and great energy.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Pardon A. Howland, Manchester, was born in Manchester January
15, 1826. He was liberally educated in the schools of Manchester, also
attending the Canandaigua Academy, his four sons in after years also
receiving
instruction in the same institution. Mr. Howland received farm property
from his father, Nicholas Howland, to which he has materially added, he
and his sons owning about four hundred acres in the town. Mr. Howland
is
a strong Prohibitionist and has been nominated on that ticket to the
office
of supervisor of Manchester. His father was an influential member of
the
Whig party and repeatedly filled the office of supervisor, etc. Mr.
Howland
was married in 1847 to Margaret Wells of the same town, by
whom
he has had nine children, seven of whom are living, all residents of
the
town with the exception of one daughter who is engaged in stenography
in
Butte, Mon. Mr. Howland's ancestors originally came from Massachusetts
and are of revolutionary antecedents.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Wilber C. Howland, Victor, was born in Albany county, April 5,
1832, and moved with his parents to Greene county when he
was ten years old. He was educated in the district schools, and has
followed farming. He came to Victor in 1864, and September 8, 1856, he
married Jane, daughter of John H. and Margaret Ransom of
Saugerties, Ulster county. They have three children: Wilber, who
married Anna Rogers and has one daughter, Blanche; Sabrina
married Charles Rogers and has one
son, Frank; and Margaret M., who resides at home with her parents. Mr.
Howland's father, David was born in Dutchess county in 1794, and
married
Sarah Gardner of his native county, and they had ten children,
eight grew to maturity: Sabrina, Caroline, Fidelia, Hiram, Ruth, Wilber
C., Jane and Jeremiah. His grandfather, Jeremiah Howland, was a
practicing
physician in Dutchess county. The family are traced back to one John
Howland,
who came over on the Mayflower.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Charles S. Hoyt, M. D., Canandaigua, was born in
Fairfield county, Conn., June 8, 1822, and came to this section in
1834, his parents moving to Yates county. He was educated in Geneva
Medical College, and his early life was devoted to teaching in the
public schools. He practiced medicine in Yates county until the war
broke out, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth N.
Y. Vols., and he was assistant surgeon of the Thirty-ninth Regiment.
At the close of the war Dr. Hoyt returned to Yates county, where he
resumed the practice of his profession, which he continued until 1868.
In 1867 he represented his county in the State Legislature. This was
his second term, as he served a term in 1852. In 1868 Dr. Hoyt was
appointed secretary of the State Board of Charities, a position he has
ever since
held, his office being at Albany. Dr. Hoyt married in 1866 Dora,
daughter
of Major Barnum of Bristol, and they have had three children;
Agnes
R., Charles, jr., and Jean Ingelow. Dr. Hoyt is the only living charter
member of Rushville Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 307. Dr. Hoyt is one of
the five survivors of the Legislature of 1852. He is also a member of
the
G. A. R., and a member of the Loyal Legion Commandery of New York
State.
He was one of the organizers and was president of the Society of
Charities
and Correction, a national organization founded in 1873 in New York
city.
As secretary of the State Board of Charities the doctor has made a
special
study of pauperism and poverty in the State, and with over twenty-four
years' experience he has probably acquired a greater knowledge of the
question
than any other person living, and he undoubtedly was the first to
suggest
the Legislature for the restriction of emigration and has prepared many
papers, which have been read before the Board of Charities and
Corrections,
and has tried to control it in his reports as secretary of the State
Board.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by
George S. Conover; 1893;
T. S. Hubbard, Geneva, was born in Cameron, Steuben county, in
1843, and in 1866 he settled in Fredonia and engaged in grape growing,
being
the first man in the State to grow grape vines in large quantities.
Today
the T. S. Hubbard Company is the largest producer of grape vines in the
United States, growing yearly 100 to 120 acres. In 1888 Mr. Hubbard
settled in Geneva, but has a general supervision of the business. The
capital of the company is $50,000.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Henry C. Hudson, Farmington, was born in Stockport, England,
June 18, 1837, and came with his grandfather to the United States when
he was about thirteen years old and located in Oneida county. December
3, 1872,
he married Caroline A., daughter of Jeremiah B. and Louisa A. Cooper,
of Little Falls. His father, Thomas, was born at the old home, and
married
Mary Ann Cheetham, of his native place. They had five
children: Sarah,
who died young; Henry C., Joel, Sarah 2d, and Martha. Mrs. Hudson's
father,
Jeremiah B. Cooper, was born in Herkimer county, and married Louisa A. Hall,
of his native place. They had these children: Mary A., Sally, Caroline
A., Eleanor, Roselia Benton and Coradori. Mrs. Hudson's
great-grandfather
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Hudson's mother, at the
death
of his father, came to her son in 1857. She died in 1862.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Allen Huff, Canadice, was born in January, 1821, at Frenchtown,
Hamilton county, N. J. When about three years of age
he moved with his parents, Anthony and Rachel (Hyde) Huff to
Canadice. Ten years later his father died, leaving Allen the youngest
of three children, the others being John A. of Penn Yan, and Mary Ellen
Bowers of Bergen. Allen married in 1847 Martha A., daughter of
Amos Swan, and their children are: Sarah E., deceased; Evelyn
C., and Sarah E. Wright. Mr. Wright was assessor three terms
and
has held other important offices. He was a benevolent man, ever ready
to care for the poor and needy and to encourage young men to lead
useful
and correct lives. For many years he bought produce on commission. He
died
November 23, 1883, and his widow now resides with her son, Evelyn C.,
at
the homestead. He was born August 10, 1851, was educated at Lima
Seminary and at Penn Yan Academy. December 23, 1872, he married Ella F.
Coykendall, daughter of Levi Coykendall, and they have three
daughters: Ola V.,
born March 23, 1874, a teacher; Fayette, born July 29, 1877; and Allen,
born February 23, 1884. Mr. Huff farms 164 acres, and devotes his farm
to the growth of hops and general farming. For some years he has bought
farm products on commission in this and Livingston counties. He and his
wife are members of the M. E. church, of which he is a trustee.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Mark Hulbert, Victor, was born in the town of Barrington,
Berkshire county, Mass., May 30, 1819, and came with his parents in
1832 to this town. He came with his father and a team, the balance of
the family on a canal packet, starting May 30, 1832, and arriving June
6,
1832. He was educated in the pioneer schools and is a farmer. He
married twice, first Mehetabel A. Crandall, of this place, and
had six children: Russell H., Sheldon H., Marcus D., Euphinia M.,
Amanda and Henry S. Mrs. Hulbert died December 6, 1857, and he married
second, February 10, 1859, Mrs. Eliza (Ford) Mathewson. They
had five children. She had one daughter by her first marriage, Lottie,
now Mrs. Charles Sisco, of Shortsville, this county. The other
five were: George A., who married April 8, 1882, Mettie Lane; Frank
W, who married Mrs. Elsie Quayle, November 8, 1888; Ford, Lena
and Lechard (twins). Three boys died in infancy. Mr. Hulbert had two
sons in the late war. Russell served in Company A, First N. Y. Mounted
Rifles, and died of consumption; had his funeral at home.
Mr. Hulbert's father, Russell, was born December 12, 1779, in Middle
Adams,
Conn., and married Anna Ingersoll. They had seven children:
John,
Anson, Betsey, Silas, Russell, Mary A. and Mark. Mrs. Hulbert was born
near
Manchester, England, January 1, 1829, and came to the United States
August
15, 1848, locating in Victor in 1853.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Daniel M. Hulse, Canandaigua, was born in Goshen, Orange
county, September 26, 1836. His father, William Y., was a native of
Orange county, who moved to Yates county and settled in Jerusalem,
where he died in the
sixty-fifth year of his age. He married Lucretia Millspaugh for
his
first wife, who died when Daniel was an infant. He married a second
time
Maria Millspaugh, daughter of Adam Millspaugh. He had two daughters by
his
second wife, H. Elizabeth, wife of Hon. F. O. Chamberlain; and
Cornelis,
wife of George Tuttle, a farmer of Branchport, Yates county.
Daniel
was educated in the common schools of Yates county, and assisted on his
father's
farm until nearly of age, then went into the store of F. H. Briggs at
Penn
Yan. In 1859 he went into business for himself at Penn Yan, the store
he
conducted being burned out in 1861. Daniel was one of the first to
answer
the call for volunteers at the outbreak of the war, and in August,
1861,
he enlisted in Company A, Fiftieth New York Engineers, Captain Ford
commanding.
He served with this regiment three years and four months, and was in
the
great battles of Fredericksburg, Chickahominy, Wilderness,
Spottsylvania,
White Oak Church, Antietam, etc. Mr. Hulse enlisted as a private and
was
promoted first in Washington to orderly sergeant, December 11, 1862; at
the
first Fredericksburg fight he was made second lieutenant, and made
first
lieutenant after the battle of the Wilderness. He served as aid-de-camp
on
the staff of General Benham, and was appointed quartermaster of his old
regiment,
which position he held until mustered out of service. He returned to
Penn
Yan, and after spending one year as an oil speculator in Oil City, Pa.,
he
came to Canandaigua, and for a year conducted the Rushville stage
route,
then went into the hotel business, afterward the grocery business, and
in
June, 1879, he went into the post-office as clerk under F. O.
Chamberlain.
In 1880 he was made deputy postmaster, and has held that office
continuously
ever since. He is serving his third year as commander of Albert H.
Murray
Post G. A. R., No. 162, is trustee of the village, and member of
Canandaigua
Lodge, No. 294, F. & A. M.; also a member of A. O. U. W. Mr. Hulse
married
in 1860, Marietta Hopkins, of Penn Yan, and they have four
children:
Ferdinand G., a telegraph operator; Harry E., an operator; M. Mae, and
William
Youngs, a student. Mr. Hulse is a Democrat. He has served five years as
a
fireman, a part of the time assistant foreman of Steamer Company No. 1,
and
was sergeant of the Twenty-fifth Separate Company for five years,
receiving
an honorable discharge.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Charles S. Humphrey, Canandaigua, was born in Victor, August
19, 1864, a son of I. Elmon Humphrey, a farmer of that town, who
was also a native of Victor, born October 29, 1818. He was a son of
Lewman Humphrey, one of the early settlers of the county. The father of
subject married at about thirty-four Betsey D. Clark, a native
of Vermont, by whom he had ten children, all living but one. Charles
S., the third son, was educated at Victor Union School, and took a
course in the Rochester Business College. He then worked at farming
until of age. In 1886 he came to Canandaigua, where he was employed in
the Spangle & Kinde clothing store, with which company he remained
five years. In 1891 he went into partnership with C. R. Simmons, and
they opened a grocery store where A. L. Higley was formerly. They have
built up a
fine trade, and are now one of the leading firms of the village in
their
line. Mr. Humphrey is a member of the K. O. T. M., Canandaigua Lodge,
No. 168.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Ira E. Humphrey, Victor, was born in Victor, October 31, 1818.
He was educated in the public schools, and went with his parents to
Indiana when he was nineteen years old. April 1, 1854, he married
Betsey, daughter of Newton and Eliza Clark of Wardsboro, Vt.,
and they
had ten children: Florence died at the age of seven years, nine
survive:
Elizabeth A., who married Wilber Nelson of this town;
Charlotte
E., who is a teacher and resides at home; Mary A., Helen H., Harriet
B.,
all reside with their parents; Luman A., who is the farmer at home;
Otis
L. is a produce dealer residing at Honeoye Falls, Monroe county;
Charles
S. is a grocer in Canandaigua; and Ira E. is a commission broker in
Rochester. Mr. Humphrey's father, Luman, was born in Connecticut, June
22, 1786,
and came to this State when a young man. February 23, 1815, he married
Philena Dryer, formerly of Vermont, and they had five children
that grew to maturity: Charlotte D., now of Oregon; Ira E., Ursula A.,
who resides at the old home at Orland, Ind.; Otis M., who is a
physician in Minneapolis; Kezia, who died November 30, 1848, at Orland,
Ind. His
father died January 30, 1841, at Orland, and his mother September 10,
1860,
at the same place. Mrs. Humphrey's father, Newton Clark, was born at
Newfane,
Vt., and married Eliza Mahan, who was born in West Boyleston,
Mass.
They had nine children: Fontana, Betsey B., Eliza A., Osmer N., Charles
S., Amelia A., Adeline V., William and Nancy. The family are all
members
of the M. E. church. The ancestors of the family are English on both
sides.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
W. F. Humphrey, Geneva, a native of Mississippi, and son of R.
J. (editor and proprietor of the Poultney (Vt.) Journal, was
born in 1856. He served his time at the printer's trade in Poultney,
then completed his preparatory course at Troy Conference Academy and
entered Hobart College, from which he was graduated in '82. He was
assistant editor of the Geneva Gazette one year, and
subsequently held the same position on the Geneva Courier
two years. In 1885 he engaged in the printing business in Geneva in a
small way. This enterprise developed rapidly, until now he has one of
the largest and best equipped offices
in Central New York. He has added a complete book bindery and employs
thirty hands or more. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Chapter and
Commandery in Geneva, of Damascus Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and of
Geneva Lodge No. 231 K. of P. Mr. Humphrey married Ida F. Goff in
1881, and they have one son, Robert Elroy.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Nathan S. Hunn, Canandaigua, was born on a farm in Canandaigua, now
occupied by his son, April 20, 1828. His grandfather, Rev. Zadock
Hunn, was a native of Berkshire, Mass., and came to this section in
1795. He, in company with Rev. John Ralph, organized the
Congregational Society of Canandaigua. He married in
Massachusetts Mary Morton, and they had five children, of whom
James G. was the oldest son. He was born in 1781 in
Massachusetts, and since the
age of fourteen made this farm his home. At the death of his
father he assumed the management of the farm. He married
Eliza Gillette, also of Massachusetts, and of their eleven
children two survive: Thomas, of Bristol, and George, of
Gainesville, Wyoming county. Nathan S. was the youngest
son. His whole life was spent on the farm, which has now been in
the
possession of the family almost a century. Mr. Hunn has erected
on it a beautiful residence, with fine barns, etc. He was
a man of excellent management, and after the death of his father
increased
the farm from 150 to 350 acres. He was an upright and honest
man and citizen. December 25, 1852, he married Marcia A.,
daughter
of Sheldon and Roxana (Holmes) Squire. They have had
three children: James G., who died February 10, 1878, aged
twenty-four years; Eliza A., wife of William H. Pierce, a
farmer of Canandaigua; and Frank S., who conducts the homestead
farm. Nathan S. died October 26, 1879, mourned by all who knew
him. Frank S. was born August 3, 1863. He was educated in
Canandaigua Academy, and took up farming for a living. He with
his parents and sister united with the First Universalist Church of
Bristol in 1877. He is a young man of character, temperate,
virtuous and honest in all his dealings. February 5, 1885,
he married Ollie B. Totman, of Wisconsin, who died December 23,
1888. He remained single over four years, when on the
4th of April, 1893, he married Lida L. Monagle, of New York.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Thomas M. Hunn, Bristol, is a native of Canandaigua, born August
28, 1822, and a son of James G., a son of Rev. Zadoc Hunn. The first
representatives of the family in America were the great-grandfather of
Thomas M., who was a farmer, one brother who was a minister, and one a
doctor. Rev. Zadoc Hunn was a native of Becket, Conn., and was reared
on
a farm until sixteen years of age. He was educated for the ministry and
took a classical and a theological course in Yale College. He then
spent
seven years as teacher in that college, Noah Webster being one of his
pupils. He married Mary Morton, a native of Becket, Conn., and
a
daughter of Thomas Morton, a native of Scotland, who came to America
for George III, and liking the country made his home at Becket, Conn.,
where he
died. The family are related to Levi P. Morton. Mr. Hunn and wife had
three
sons and three daughters: Thomas M., James C., Alexander Z., Rebecca,
Annie
and Lorena. Rev. Zadoc went to Canandaigua in 17--, and was the second
family
to settle there. He organized the Congregational church of Bristol, of
which
he was pastor many years. James G. Hunn was a native of Becket, Conn.,
and
went to Canandaigua with his parents, where he married Eliza Gillett,
a
native of Dighton, Mass., and daughter of Thomas and Laura (Jones) Gillett.
He died May 22, 1859. Thomas M. was educated in Canandaigua Academy and
at
the Lyceum in Geneva. In 1848 he married Fannie P. Gregg of
Bristol,
born November 15, 1821, a daughter of Benjamin Gregg, a son of John
Gregg,
a native of England, who came to America during the Revolutionary War,
who
fought some time with the British and then joined the Americans. Mr.
Hunn
and wife have had five children: James, Mary, Alexander Z., Benjamin
G.,
and Emma E. James was born in 1848 and educated in Canandaigua Academy
and
in Genesee Wesleyan Seminary. He married Malissa Mack, by whom he had
three
children. He moved to Kansas, where he and the children died. Mrs. Hunn
returned
to Bristol, where death occurred February 4, 1878. Mary was born August
17,
1851, and died at the age of nine years. Alexander D., born December
26,
1854, married Myra A. Dend of Canandaigua, daughter of George
M. and
Kezia L. (Lucas) Dend of Canandaigua. Alexander and his wife
have
one child, Fannie V., born in July, 1892. Benjamin G. was born
September
7, 1861, and died October 30, 1883. Emma E. was born July 22, 1864,
educated
in Canandaigua Academy and is the wife of Ruel Reed of
Bristol. At
the age of twenty-six our subject came to Bristol and purchased 100
acres,
and there for thirty-five years followed farming. He sold his farm, and
in 1872 came to Bristol Center and purchased forty-five acres, which he
now owns. He has since followed hop growing and general farming. He is
a
Republican and has been commissioner of highways three years. He is a
member
of the Universalist Society of Bristol.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
William H. Hunt, Phelps, was born in the city of Syracuse,
October 25, 1857, the oldest of three children of William and Emma (Featherston)
Hunt, both of whom were born in England. Mr. Hunt came to this
country when about twenty-five years of age to join his elder brothers,
who were already established in Syracuse. The family moved to Phelps in
the spring of 1858 and have since remained here. William H. was married
January 4, 1882, to Carrie J., daughter of Andrew J. and Harriet (Wilcox)
Humphrey of
Phelps. The grandfather was Hugh Humphrey of Phelps, and his father was
Oliver
Humphrey, one of the early settlers of this locality. They have one
son,
Harold Hunt. Mr. Hunt has been for ten years on the farm which he now
occupies,
which he uses largely as a grain farm.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Austin C. Huntly, Canandaigua, was born near Cheshire October
30, 1852, a son of Elias and Polly (Hutchens) Huntly.
Rufus Huntly came from Massachusetts in 1811, locating in
Canandaigua. He had eight children, and finally moved to Ohio,
where he
died in 1860. Elias married in 1824 Annie Austin, who
died December 12, 1850, leaving one son, Ralph L., who died
August 23, 1863, aged thirty-six. Mr. Huntly married again
May 6, 1851, Polly, daughter of John and Catharine (Wager) Hutchens,
and they had one child, Austin C. He was educated in the
Canandaigua Academy, and at the death of his father, November 27, 1866,
took charge of the farm. In 1889 he was elected on the Republican
ticket commissioner of highways, and re-elected in
1893. Mr. Huntly is a trustee of the Union Church in
Cheshire.
He married in 1871 Frances M., daughter of C. L. Randall, of
South Bristol, and they have two children: Nellie M.
and Lois A.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Floyd M. Hutchens, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua,
December 5, 1840, a son of Henry and Polly (Livermore) Hutchens.
Henry was the oldest son of John, and was born in 1816 in Italy, Yates
county. Mr. Hutchens was an enthusiastic Abolitionist, a Republican and
a member of the church. He married, when about twenty years of age,
Polly, daughter of John Livermore of Canandaigua, by whom he had seven
children, six of whom survive: Hiram A., merchant of Canandaigua;
Nodiah, of Cheshire; Sarah, wife of E. M. Booth of Cheshire;
Dr. John, of Cheshire; Charles, a merchant
of Cheshire; and Floyd H. The latter was educated in the common
schools,
and first bought a farm in 1865 which he owned some time, and in 1867
bought
the farm of 100 acres where he now lives. He married in January, 1864,
Laura
M., daughter of Warren Brown of Canandaigua, and they had two
children, Sarah F., wife of George S. Mallory of Canandaigua;
and Warren S., a student of Canandaigua Academy.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Hiram L. Hutchens, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, April
15, 1839, a son of Henry Hutchens, who was a native of Yates county,
born in Jerusalem in 1816, who came to Canandaigua in 1830, and bought
a farm near
Cheshire. He married Polly Livermore of this town, by whom he
had
seven children, one died in infancy, and the others being Floyd and
Nodiah, farmers; Sarah, wife of Enos Booth; Dr. John Hutchens,
of Cheshire; Charles, a carpenter; and Hiram L. Henry Hutchens died
November 19, 1889, and his wife is still living at seventy-five years
of age. Hiram L. was
educated at Canandaigua Academy, and studied law one season with Edwin
Hicks.
In the fall of 1862 he enlisted with One Hundred and Forty-eighth New
York
Volunteers, but was soon after transferred to the Quartermaster's
department
and was chief clerk of the Second Division of the Eighteenth Army
Corps.
He was afterwards connected with the Twenty-fifth Corps. After the
taking
of Richmond he was located in that city, where he had charge of stores
that
issued rations to the city's destitute. He was mustered out June 22,
1865,
under general orders. In 1866 he located in the Eighth District of
Virginia
in charge of the Freedman's Bureau, where he remained but one season,
when
he returned to Canandaigua and engaged in mercantile business, which he
has since followed. He now conducts a music store on Main street and
carries
a full line of musical instruments and sewing machines. He married in
December,
1859, Mary A. Townsend, of Canandaigua, by whom he has four
children:
William C., a manufacturer of gloves and mittens at Johnstown; Clara,
wife
of Royal R. Scott, a lawyer of Canandaigua; Frank T., an
artist of
New York, and Floyd, of J. Levy's store, who is a Republican, a Mason,
and
is now serving his third year as master of the Canandaigua Lodge, No.
294;
also a member of Excelsior Chapter, No. 164, R. A. M., and its present
high
priest; also a member of the K. of P., and of the G. A. R.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
John Hutchens, M. D., Canandaigua, was born on a farm on the west
shore of Canandaigua Lake, March 16, 1849, a son of Henry and Polly (Livermore)
Hutchens. Here his boyhood was spent, and he was educated in the
common schools. His classical education was obtained at
Canandaigua Academy under Prof. N. T. Clarke. In the fall of 1867
he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he spent one
term, then entered the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo,
from which he graduated in February, 1871. He immediately began
practice in Cheshire, which practice rapidly grew, and in
connection with this he established in 1873 a drug store, which he
conducted till 1888. Dr. Hutchens is a member of the Ontario
Medical Society, and in May, 1879, he was appointed postmaster of
this village, which office he resigned in November, 1892. In 1870
he married Luella, daughter of James E. Chase of Canandaigua,
and they had four children, two of whom are living: Fred, a
student of the School of Pharmacy of Buffalo, and Julia L.
Anna died in July, 1890, aged thirteen years, and Gordon, an infant,
died in November, 1890. Mrs. Hutchens died November 22, 1889.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
John W. Hutchens, Canandaigua, was born in Jerusalem, Yates
county, October 7, 1827. Charles, the grandfather, had five
children of whom John, the father of our subject, was the second son,
and was born in 1794. He came to Canandaigua in 1832. He resided in
various
places and died on the place occupied by Charles Parshall in Cheshire,
October 5, 1860. He left nine children, six of whom are living, John
W.,
our subject, was the third son. He always made the town his home. He
was educated in the common schools, and after leaving school, he
learned
carpentry, a trade he has always followed. He built a great many of the
private residences of this town, and also the Union church at Cheshire.
In 1875 he bought a part of the J. L. Johnson farm, on which he lived
until 1892 when he built a cottage on the lake shore where he now
resides.
Mr. Hutchens has always taken an active interest in politics, and is a
Democrat, but has never aspired to public office. He married February
14, 1860, Mary L., daughter of Reuben and Sally (Perry) Sands.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
George H. Hutchinson, Geneva, was born in Geneva, July 25,
1861. He was educated in the public schools and Geneva
Commercial College, and is a machinist. November 25, 1884, he married
Carrie L., daughter of George S. and Sarah A. Cummings of
Geneva, formerly of Dedham, Mass., and they have two children: A. Mabel
and Arthur E. Mrs. Hutchinson's father was born in New Hampshire about
the year of 1831, and married Sarah A. Emery. They had three
children: Arthur E., who died in infancy; Carrie L. and Amy E. Mrs.
Hutchinson makes a specialty of art needle work and all kinds of fancy
embroideries.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Jonathan Hutchinson, Seneca, was born in Cumberland county,
England, January 18, 1821, and went to the West Indies in his sixteenth
year to learn the sugar cane planting business, where he remained
eighteen years. He was overseer many years and manager of a sugar
plantation six years. In 1854 he came to the United States and became a
farmer. He resides with his brother, William, who was also born at the
old home in England August 5, 1831, and came to the United States with
his parents in 1838. He is a farmer with his brother Jonathan. February
28, 1870, he married Jenette Rude, of this town, and they have
four children: Fannie J., Frank H., Celia and J. Eugene. Mr.
Hutchinson's father, Ralph, was born at the old home, and married Jane Falowfield,
of his native place. they had eleven children and came to the
United States in 1838. The family spent a year in Indiana, where he
died of an epidemic in that locality. Mrs. Hutchinson's father,
Jonathan Rude, was born in Steuben county in 1809. He married Harriet
C. Storg, of Gorham, this county, and they had eight children.
Her father died in
1882 and her mother in 1883. The Hutchinsons are of English descent and
birth.
The Rudes descended from the Scotch.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Joseph Hutchinson, Geneva, was born in Aldby, Cumberland
county, England, March 7, 1815. He was educated in their common and
high schools, was a farmer and came to the United States in 1836. He
took passage in the American ship Eagle, which was shipwrecked
on a sand bar near Sable Island. The crew and passengers constructed a
raft by which they were carried safe on the island. The British
government had Captain Darby with schooner and men in that vicinity. He
dispatched the schooner to Halifax and a ship was sent to rescue them,
after they had been there twenty-three days. they were taken to Halifax
and from there to the United States. Mr. Hutchinson located near Geneva
and has resided here and in the vicinity ever since.
He has married twice, first on November 1, 1848, Mary Tucker of
Geneva. They had four children: William, Charles, Sarah and Henry (who
died in infancy). Mrs. Hutchinson died in 1854. For his second wife, in
1856 he married Caroline Edington of Seneca (now Geneva). They
had four children: George, Ann, Grant and Joseph. Sarah, of the first
marriage, married Edward Berryman of Seneca county, and has
two sons, Frank and Nestor. Mr. Hutchinson served as supervisor in the
eventful years of 1861-1862, and when he resided in the village he was
trustee; was also overseer of the poor and highway commissioner
nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Berryman reside on the old home with Mr. and
Mrs.
Hutchinson.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893; Caleb
Briggs Hyde, Canadice, was born in Canadice,
November 30, 1829. His father, James, was born in
New Jersey in 1785 and died in 1855. The wife of the latter
was Ann Grant, whose father was an Englishman. James
moved first to Cayuga county, where he lived twelve years,
then in 1824 came to Canadice and settled where Caleb B. now
lives. Of his eleven children, three now survive. John went
west, and in 1849 took the overland route to California, the company
consisting of fourteen wagons driven by ox teams. James F. and
Warner L. reside at Centerfield. Caleb B. was educated in the
public schools and has always been a farmer. In
1856 he married Martha Partridge, of Prattsburg, Steuben
county, who bore him three children: Ervie L.; Lewis J.; and
Arthur M. The latter is traveling in the west. Mr.
Hyde married second, in 1884, Lucina E. Butler, whose father
was from Pennsylvania, and her mother from New Jersey. Mr.
Hyde has been commissioner of highways six years and supervisor in
1880-81-90-91. He is a Republican and a Methodist.
Back
to Biographies
Return to Ontario County
Homepage
Copyright © 2006-08, Ontario County
NYGenWeb and each contributor and author of materials herein. All
rights
reserved.
111607
Updated 16 November 2007