"A" Surname Family Sketches
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Benton G. Abbey, Richmond, was born February 19, 1854. His
father, Hiram P., son of John, was born in 1822, and married Betsey,
daughter of Benjamin Gregg, of Bristol, and settled on a
portion of his father's farm. Besides Benton he had two other children:
S. Elizabeth, born in 1860, and Robt. B., now living in Bristol, where
he is a farmer. Hiram P. has about 550 acres in this county and several
thousand acres in Texas, which he visits every winter. Mrs. Abbey died
in 1888. His son, Benton G., attended Canandaigua Academy and Geneseo
Normal School. In 1885 he married Jennie Garton, of East
Bloomfield, and they have two children: Caroline, born August 1, 1886,
and Bessie, born in January, 1888. Mr. Abbey engaged in the manufacture
of drain tile in 1879, to which he has since added a cider mill and a
fruit evaporator. He has twenty acres in his homestead farm.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Isaac J. Abbey, Richmond, was born July 15, 1819, a son
of John Abbey, who came from Hopkinton, Mass., in 1800 with his father,
Aaron, who fought at Bunker Hill and served to the end of the
Revolution. John married Elizabeth, daughter of Squire William Baker.
Of their nine children, Sinai, Ann, John, Lora and Alta are
deceased. Those living are: Olive, Sarah, Isaac J. and Hiram P. John
held many of the important town offices and was a representative
citizen. Isaac J. was educated in the district schools and spent his
youthful days on his father's farm.
He married in 1841 Fanny M., daughter of Preston Hawes, of
Brookfield, Mass., by whom he had three children: John P., Mary E.,
Mrs. Simmons, of Centrefield, and Sanford W. He married second
Jane Hogan, by whom he had no children. In politics he is a
Democrat. He owns 232 acres at the home farm and lives on the site of
the old home of his grandfather Baker. He built his present house in
1853. John P., oldest son of Isaac J., was born March 6, 1844; he was
educated in the common schools, at Lima Secondary and Canandaigua
Academy. He married in 1870, Julia Plimpton, of Worcester,
Mass., and they have two children, Frank P. born in 1874, and Nellie,
born in 1877. Mr. Abbey is engaged in farming, owning 130 acres on the
road leading from Honeoye to Allen's Hill. He has twenty-six acres of
hops, five acres of rasberries, and a large apple orchard, besides five
good farm buildings. He is a Democrat and both he and his wife are
Congregationalists. Sanford Winslow Abbey was born January 11, 1857. He
was educated at Canandaigua. In 1876 he married Adaline M., daughter of
Sylvanus Culver of Saline, Mich., and they have two children,
Byron W., born in 1877, and Kenneth C., born in 1891. He has carried on
his father's farm for many years and is a hop-grower. He is a Democrat
and member of assembly in 1890.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Arthur T. Adams, East Bloomfield, a native of Adams' Basin,
Monroe county, born July 29, 1838, is a son of John, who was one of
seven children of Jonathan Adams, who settled on a farm in East
Bloomfield in 1795; a
part of the farm is now owned by subject. John was born in
Massachusetts
in 1794, and learned the gunsmith's trade. He went to St. Charles, Mo.,
and there followed his trade for some time, then returned on horse back
to New York, a distance of 1,000 miles. Soon after he arrived he
exchanged
his pony for household furniture, manufactured in what was then
"Mechanic's
Hall," E. B., some of the chairs being still in existence. He owned
part
of the farm settled by his father, which he sold to a brother and moved
to
Adams' Basin, where he engaged in growing silk-worms and in
manufacturing
silk. He also worked at his trade and at saw-milling. He served in the
War
of 1812, and drew a pension. He was twice married, first to Philinda Wilson,
a native of Bristol, by whom he had three sons and five daughters.
Second,
to Margaret Adams, of Palmyra, by whom he had one child who died in
infancy.
Mrs. Adams died in 1872, and Mr. Adams in 1884. Arthur T., when
fourteen
years old, came to East Bloomfield to visit relatives, and from that
time
lived and worked with his brother, Oliver Edson Adams, at the
blacksmith
trade for eleven years, attending school winters at the academy. At the
death
of his uncle he fell heir to the farm of ninety-five acres, on which he
has
since lived. Here he has put up good buildings and made many other
improvements. The wife of Arthur T. Adams is Laura Parmele, a
native of East Bloomfield, and a daughter of Nelson and Laura (Childs)
Parmele. To subject and wife were born two children: Woodbry B.,
born in 1868, educated in East
Bloomfield Union School, and graduated from Buffalo School of Pharmacy
in 1891. He is at present a druggist in Buffalo; and Nellie Blanche, a
student
in East Bloomfield Union School. Mr. Adams is a Republican, but not an
aspirant
to office. He is a natural musician, and for a number of years was
leader
in the Congregational choir, but at present he and his daughter are
engaged
with the M. E. Church choir, his daughter an organist. A number of
years
ago, Mr. Adams organized a male quartet in East Bloomfield, which is
still
in existence. It is composed of Mr. Adams, Jesse Wheeler, William
Spitz,
and Charles Munson.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Adams, Benjamin F., East Bloomfield, was born in Richmond,
September 19, 1823, a son of Ephraim and Lavinia (Morey)
Adams. The grandfather, John, was a native of Dutchess county,
where he died. He was raised by General Livingston, and his
children were; John, Bela, Richard, Sarah, James, Abigail, David, Noah,
Thomas, Miriam, Elizabeth, Simeon, Ephraim, Abial, Miles. Ephraim
was born at Seven Pines, Dutchess county, March 29, 1793, was drafted
and went as far as Niagara Falls in the War of 1812, when the war
closed. He came to Fabius, Onondaga county, where he married in
1820, then settled in Ontario county, where he followed his trade ten
years and then took up farming. About 1833 he moved to Livonia, where
he purchased one of the first settled farms of the region, and died
January 16, 1879. He was a Republican and was justice of the
peace. He married a daughter of Samuel Morey. She
was born July 31, 1797, and died May 26, 1884. Their children
were
as follows: Mary, Thomas, B. F., Jane, Lucy, James B.,
Oscar
M. who enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment,
and
was made second lieutenant at Cold Harbor, where he led his company and
was three times wounded, in the mouth, right arm and left shoulder; he
was
a brave and fearless soldier, and died in hospital at Washington; he
was
born in June, 1832; Ephrain, Samuel M. At the age of eight years
Benjamin
F. went on a farm and received a common school education, supplemented
by
a course at Lima Seminary. At the age of twenty-one he entered a
store
at East Bloomfield, where he remained nine years, then engaged in
business
for himself for four years. In 1855 he bought 198 acres where he
now
resides. He has been an active Republican, and a leading member
of the Congregational church for thirty years. October 5, 1852,
he
married Lurinda, daughter of Taylor and Electa (Beebe) Gause,
and
they have five children: Eva L., wife of E. D. Gibbs of
Michigan;
Jane A., wife of Dr. E. L. Pardee; Clara L., wife of
Charles
Stoddard, of Michigan; Mary E., wife of Heber E. Wheeler;
and
Frank M.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Adams, Edwin A., Farmington, was born in Farmington, October 7,
1856, was educated in the public schools and Macedon Academy, and has
always followed farming. He married twice, first Mary Southworth,
and had one daughter, Edith, who is attending school and residing at
home. Mrs. Adams died July 16, 1886, and he married second,
Jessie C., daughter of Marshall and Margaret McLouth, of
Farmington, February 27, 1889. They have one son, Vernon P., born
October 1, 1890. Mr. Adams's father, George A., was born in the
town of Manchester, January 21, 1816. He was educated in the
common
schools and was always a farmer until he retired in 1885. January
15, 1845, he married Cynthia, daughter of Calvin and Cynthia Parker,
of the town of Manchester. They had four children: Mason,
who married Nellie Petty; Melvin and Manson (twins) both
deceased, and Edwin A. Mrs. George A. Adams died July 18, 1882,
mourned by a bereaved husband and many friends.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Adams, Gabriel, Canadice, a native of Sussex county, N. J., was
born in 1829 and died August 7, 1876. He came with his parents to this
town about 1831. His father, Joseph, died in 1837, aged thirty-three
years, leaving seven children: Gabriel, who married in 1851 Charlotte,
daughter of Josiah and Lua B. Jackman, who were both born in
Richmond. Of their ten children six survive: Abner and Chloe (Johnson)
and Mrs. Adams of this town. The latter has two children.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY;
compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Adams, George H., Canandaigua, was born in
Henrietta, Munroe county, October 28, 1836. His grandfather,
George, was born in Connecticut about 1773, and had two sons and two
daughters. He died in Victor, June 10, 1862. George A., the
oldest son, was born in Connecticut January 4, 1803, and came to this
State when about twenty-five years of age. He first settled in
Henrietta, remaining until about 1845. He lived four years
in Parma and Ogden, and in 1850 bought a farm in Victor, where he died
October 20, 1875. He married in Connecticut February 26, 1824,
Ruth Loomis, by whom he had eleven children. Mrs. Adams
died January 21, 1864, and he married second Asenath Todd, who
died July 15, 1873. He again married in 1874 Catherine Weiborn,
who survives him. Of the eleven children of George A., six are
still living: Ansel, a farmer of Victor; Hannah, widow of William
McHuron, of Honeoye Falls; Harriet, wife of Henry Bement,
of Victor; Myron O., a railroad man of Rochester; Alvira, wife of
Andrew
Lane, of Michigan; and George H. The boyhood of the latter
was spent in Monroe county. He was educated in the common
schools,
and for his first business venture he bought a farm in Victor in 1861,
which he conducted three years, then traded in 1864 for a farm of 115
acres
in Farmington, where he lived two years, and then for eight years
conducted
a plaster mill in Victor, where he lived until 1875; he then bought 115
acres in Canandaigua on Lot 77, where he has ever since lived. He
has here a beautiful residence, good outbuildings, and all modern
improvements.
He married, December 10, 1863, Juniata, daughter of William Tucker,
of Cleveland, O. They have one daughter, Nellie May. Mr.
Adams
is a Republican, but has never been aspirant for political honors.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Herbert H. Adams, Victor, was born in Perrinton, Monroe county,
June 30, 1852. He came with his parents to the town of Victor when he
was
nine years old. He was educated in the common schools and followed
farming.
March 21, 1872, he married Florida L. Aldrich, of this town;
they
had a son and daughter, Dora F. and Orrin F. Mrs. Adams died August 17,
1891,
mourned by a bereaved family and many friends. Mr. Adams's father,
William,
was born at Barnstable, Mass., about the year 1800, and came to this
State
at an early day. He married Matilda Austin, of Cazenovia, and
they
have seven children: David died at the age of nineteen years; Frances,
Freeman
E., William W., Sarah J., John A., and Herbert H. Mr. Adams's
grandfather
Adams was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His grandfather Austin
left
Canada in time of the war, espousing his native country's career, and
all
his property there was confiscated. Mr. Adams's late wife was the only
daughter
of Gilbert J. Aldrich, one of the oldest and much respected families of
the
town.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lewis H. Adams, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua in
1869, a son of Judge W. H. Adams. Lewis H. was educated at Canandaigua
Academy under N. T. Clarke and at Fort Hill Preparatory School. He then
spent two years as bookkeeper at McKechnie's bank, and in 1888 he went
to Tacoma, Wash., where he engaged in banking business, working his way
up from extra hand to receiving teller. He returned, and was secretary
and treasurer for Wescott Brothers Co., Seneca Falls, N. Y., one year.
March 1, 1892, he engaged with P. J. Mallory as agent for coal, and the
following May bought out the yard from him, which he still conducts. He
is now selling about 3,000 tons of Lehigh Valley coal per year. Mr.
Adams
is secretary of the Protection Volunteer's club, and a member of the
Canandaigua
executive committee of the Republican clubs of Ontario county.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Judge William H. Adams, Canandaigua, was born in Lyons,
Wayne county, N. Y., March 27, 1841. He was educated at Walnut Hill
School in Geneva, of which the late Rev. Thomas C. Reed was principal.
When about eighteen years of age he entered the law office of Smith
&
Lapham at Canandaigua, where he was studying at the breaking out of the
war. In the fall of 1861 he aided in raising a company for the
Ninety-eighth
N. Y. Vols. and served two years, first as lieutenant then as captain,
and as assistant adjutant-general on General De Forrest's staff. At the
expiration of his term of service in 1863 he was admitted to the bar,
and
settled in Canandaigua where he engaged in the practice of his
profession.
He was for some time in partnership with Hon. Elbridge G. Lapham, but
upon
the election of Mr. Lapham to Congress, this relation was terminated
and
the business of the firm was continued by Mr. Adams. In the fall of
1887,
Mr. Adams was nominated on the Republican ticket for justice of the
Supreme
Court for the Supreme Judicial District, and was elected over John D.
Teller,
of Auburn, by a majority of 8,602. Judge Adams married, September 27,
1865,
Charlotte L., daughter of Hon. E. G. Lapham, and their family
consists
of two sons: Elbridge L., a practicing lawyer of Rochester, and Lewis
H.,
a coal merchant of Canandaigua.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Adamy, D.D.S., W. Lynn, Geneva, was born in Broome county, and
graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1891, commencing
practice in Geneva the same year. His father, S. W. Adamy, is a
dentist in practice at Union, N.Y.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Hon. Stephen Howard Ainsworth, West Bloomfield, was born in
Burlington, Otsego county, March 6, 1809. His father was Darius, who
came from Connecticut about 1806, and whose grandfather, with two
brothers, emigrated from England and were afterward soldiers in the
Revolution. Stephen's parents were poor, and his first business venture
was as a dancing teacher, which he followed thirteen years, then
purchased a farm and established his parents thereon. In 1839 he began
the study of phrenology, and in 1841 began lecturing and lectured five
years with marked success, being invited to lecture at colleges and
schools, and to make examinations in prisons, as a result of his
ability to describe the characteristics of persons entirely unknown to
him. When lecturing at Auburn, he was taken by a committee into the
State's prison to
examine heads blindfolded. He told the crime that each prisoner had
committed correctly - even to the kidnapping of a child, and was also
able to tell two
outsiders that they had committed no crime. In 1846 he became a
nurseryman in West Bloomfield which he followed with great success
until 1871, when he
retired. He is now enjoying a comfortable fortune at his pleasant home
in
West Bloomfield. Mr. Ainsworth was one of the first to embrace
Abolitionism; and the first in the country to give to the world an
improved and successful method for the artificial propagation of fish.
He was the one who recommended and secured the appointment of Seth
Green as fish commissioner, State Hatchery at Caledonia. He has been an
enthusiastic angler and has made records at fly
casting, and has been honored with the following medals for his
piscatorial services: A silver medal from the New York State Poultry
Society in 1869 for
spawning race; was made life member of, and received a silver medal of
the
first class from the Society d'Acclimation of Paris, France, for
improvements in fish culture. In 1836 he married Louise S. Thompson,
of Lima. They have one daughter, Isabella L., wife of R. M. Peck
of this town. He married second, in 1871, Susannah Perry, his
present wife, whose grandfather, a soldier of the Revolution, was one
of the guards at the execution of Major Andre. His home was in Keene,
N. H., to which town he had come from Massachusetts, where Mrs.
Ainsworth's father, Abel Perry, was born. Mr. Ainsworth was a member of
the State Legislature in 1861, and has been president of the Fruit
Growers' Society of Northern New York; also president of the Ontario
County Agricultural Society.
From Shortsville Enterprise 26 February 1914
Howard Dewey Aldrich was
born in the village of Shortsville on January 30, 1880, a son of the
late Wilson and Matilda Ansberger Aldrich. His education was
obtained in the Shortsville High School. After leaving school, Mr.
Aldrich was employed for six years in the meat market of Charles
Maiers; then for one year in the meat market of J. P. Hill. The next
two years were passed in the grocery store of E. J. Hall. Being of a
bustling nature, he decided to embark in the grocery business for
himself and opened his store in the Goodnow block during the month of
October, 1900. No need to mention the success which has been his. The
appearance of his store and general conditions indicate that only too
clearly. During the year 1907 he associated himself with Sydney L.
Heath in the real estate business and they became known as Heath &
Aldrich. Thus far they have caused to be erected and later sold just 21
houses in Shortsville. Mr. Aldrich is a Republican in politics, He is
also a member of Parlor Village Lodge, No. 88, I. O. O. F. of
Shortsville; Garoga Lodge, No. 300, F. and A. M., of Clifton Springs;
Excelsior Chapter, No. 294, of Canandaigua, and Zenobia Commandery, No.
41, Knights Templar, of Palmyra. Mr. Aldrich chose for his life partner
Miss Ellen E. Bucker of Buffalo, with whom he was united in
marriage in that city on June 7, 1905.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Nathan Aldrich, late of Farmington, was born in Farmington, May
25, 1824, was educated in the district schools and was a farmer. He was
justice of the peace more than thirty years, and a public-spirited
citizen. October 15, 1845 he married Lydia S., daughter of Edward and
Harriet Herendeen, who was born April 30, 1824. They had six
children; Helen M., born November 9, 1847; Charles H., born June 15,
1849; Harriet L., born June 14, 1851; Julius F., born January 2, 1854,
Clarence E., born May 31, 1856; Mary E., born August 20, 1858. Mr.
Aldrich died April 10, 1888. Helen M. and Clarence E. are both
deceased; Charles H. married Charlotte Cobb of the town of
Manchester, and has these children: Ida L., Mary H., Edna G.,
Fred J., and Frank C. Harriet, whose marriage is noted in another
family; Julius F. married twice, first Abbie Smith, descendant
of one of the oldest families of the town. She died August 12, 1882,
and he married second Eva King, formerly of the town of
Manchester, and they have two sons: Clarence G. and Floyd C.; Mary E.
married Carlton A. Davis, of Farmington. Mr. Aldrich's father,
John, was born in this town, October 30, 1790, and married Leonora
Aldrich, formerly of Massachusetts. They had six children: Silas,
Edward, Nathan, Sally, Phoebe and Adelia; and his father, Nathan, was
born in Adams, Berkshire county, Mass., 1789, and came to this town,
one of the first pioneers; sowed the first wheat sown in the town, and
returned to Massachusetts. In the spring of 1790 he came with his
family, and later built the first framed house,
which is now owned by Willis D. Newton, of Victor, who married his
great-granddaughter
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled
by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Allen, M.D., Alexander D., Gorham, is a native of Gorham, born
May 12, 1856. His father, James H. Allen, M.D., is a son of John,
a native of Montgomery county, who came to Steuben county and there
lived and died. James H. was born in Montgomery county, March 3,
1830, was educated in Albany Medical College, and in 1853 came to
Gorham, where he has since had a very successful practice. Dr.
Allen married in Steuben county, Phoebe E., daughter of David Stevenson.
Dr. Allen and wife had two children, Alexander D., and Margaret E.,
wife of Lewis T. Ruf, a Presbyterian minister of Pittsford,
Monroe county. Dr. Allen is a member of the Ontario Medical
Society
and New York State Medical Society. Dr. Alexander D. Allen was
educated in Canandaigua Academy and in Syracuse Medical College,
graduating
from the latter in 1880, since which time he has practiced his
profession in Gorham. He is a Democrat in politics, and has been
supervisor of Gorham five years in succession, and was chairman of the
board in
1891-2. He is a member of Ontario County Medical Society, and is
a member of E.K.O.R. In 1883 Dr. Allen married Annie T., daughter
of H. L. Suydam, an artist of Geneva. The children of Dr.
Allen are: James S., Elizabeth H., William A. and Hiram L.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Clark Allen, West Bloomfield, was born April 20, 1824, in the
town of Russell, Lower Canada. When he was about eight years old his
father, John, brought his family to Monroe county, and settled at the
Lower Falls of the Genesee (Carthage) below Rochester. In 1838 he came
to this town with his family -- wife and eleven children. He was a
blacksmith by trade, but worked at farming in this town. Clark was
educated in the district schools and
West Bloomfield Academy. He worked principally at farming, but for two
years
before his marriage he was on the road putting up hydraulics. In 1850
he
married Sarah E. Peck, daughter of Waterous Peck, and had two
children.
Their son, Mahlon P., born in 1852, is a hardware merchant in Lima, and
married Belle Scott of that place in 1880, and has two
children.
Sarah Paulinah, his daughter, died at the age of twelve years. Mr.
Allen
lived in Michigan four years after his marriage, then returned to this
State,
and in 1863 bought the old homestead of his wife's father where he
lived
until 1876. He resided in Lima six years, then bought the Jasper C.
Peck
farm of 260 acres on the east main road, where he now lives. He still
owns
and works the other farm of 160 acres.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Ellery G. Allen, Farmington, was born in the town of Oppenheim,
Fulton county, November 12, 1843, and came to Farmington with his
parents
July 5, 1848. He was educated in the public schools and Lima Seminary.
April
14, 1870, he married Jennie M., daughter of Ichabod W. Briggs of
Macedon,
Wayne county, and they have six children: Jennie M., George S., Lewis
F.,
Charles E., Willard H., and Carrie B. Mr. Allen has been supervisor of
his
town six years and chairman of the board one year, justice of the peace
eight
years, and has had charge and settled up nineteen different estates.
Mr.
Allen's father, George S., was born in Greenfield, Saratoga county,
August
28, 1802. He was educated in the public schools and is a farmer.
September
14, 1826, he married Sally Bowen of that county, and had five children:
one
died in infancy; Lydia J., who married Orlando White; Phoebe
B., who
married Joseph H. Reynolds; Lewis F., who married December 19,
1873,
and Ellery G. His father died February 16, 1874, and his mother June 8,
1885.
His grandfather, Daniel L. Allen, was born in Massachusetts, July 31,
1753,
and married Lydia Smith, who was born September 29, 1762, and
had
five children. For his second wife he married her sister, Mary Smith,
and
had six children. Mrs. Allen's father, Ichabod W. Briggs, was born in
Schoharie
county, March 24, 1809, and married Sara C. ____, and had nine
children:
Albert H., Lottie M., Jennie M., Jeremiah B., Charles M., Kittie S.,
George
O., Ichabod and Margaret (twins). This family is the fifth generation
from
George Allen, who came from England in 1635, locating at Weymouth.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled
by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Erastus H. Allen, one of the leading farmers of Bristol, was
born July 14, 1826. His father was Miles, son of Jesse, a native of
Hartland, Conn., who is an early day came to South Bristol and lived in
Richmond,
and moved to Ohio, where he died. He was twice married, first to Lucy Gilman,
by whom he had eight children. His second wife was a Miss Lane and
they had two children. Miles Allen was born in 1798 in Hartland, Conn.,
and was a young boy when he came to South Bristol. He married Marcia Wilder,
whose maiden name was Hills. They had three sons and two
daughters. He died in 1850, and his wife in 1866. E. H. Allen was
reared on a farm
and educated in the common schools. He engaged in farming and has since
followed that occupation. August 18, 1850, he married Mary Ingraham,
of Bristol. Her father, Junia Ingraham, was a native of Bristol. He
married Ann Whitemarsh, of Dighton, Mass., and they had three
daughters.
Mr. Ingraham died in 1850, and his wife in 1857. Erastus H. Allen and
wife
had three daughters: Mary A., Edna E. and Katie. Mr. Allen has 295
acres
of land, and settled where he now resides in 1851. He followed farming
and
for the last twenty-five years has been a wool dealer. Mr. Allen has
always
been a Republican, but has never aspired to public office. He and his
family
attend and support the Congregational Church of Bristol Center.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
William H. Allen, Canandaigua, was born in Bristol, March 7,
1825. The grandfather, Chauncey, was a native of Stratford county,
Conn., who came with his family to Ontario county in 1792, locating on
land in the town of Bristol. Chauncey married Rhoda Shephard of
Connecticut, and they had five sons and two daughters. Howell, the
father of William H., was born in Bristol in 1799. He had a common
school education and followed farming in Bristol. When his father came
to this country, he took up 320 acres, and Howell had the management of
this until his father's death, when the property was divided, and his
share was his home until he died in 1864. He married Sophia Lewis
of Bristol,
and they had eight children, five of whom are living: Austin, a coal
dealer of Canandaigua, a farmer of Battle Creek, Mich.; Levi, of Wayne
county; James, of Cheshire; and William H. The latter was educated in
the common schools and Lima Seminary, and took up farming. For a number
of winters in his younger days he taught school. His first purchase of
a farm was
in 1853, when he bought fifty acres in Bristol. He gradually added to
this until he had 200 acres, and owned besides 300 acres in other
farms.
In the fall of 1882 he moved to Canandaigua, and the next year bought
ten
acres in Bristol street, where he has erected a beautiful residence.
Mr.
Allen is a Republican and while in Bristol was superintendent of
schools and assessor. He married in 1855 Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Gregg
of Bristol, and they had two children: Ida, wife of Eugene Simmons
of Canandaigua; and Nettie, wife of Alvin Highby of Buffalo.
Mrs. Allen died February 17, 1888, and he married second, in November,
1889, Minnie, daughter of William W. Hadley, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., and
widow of Cyrus Briggs of Honeoye.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Stephen J. Ambush, Geneva, was born in Prince George's
county, Md., in 1830. He was owned by Miss Amelia Frazier of that
county.
In 1852 she gave him his freedom. He resided in Washington twenty
years,
and in 1855 married Miss Martha E. Taylor, of Geneva, formerly
of
his native State. They have two children: Douglass C. and Harriet E.
The
family resides on West street and owns good property.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Andrews, Cornelius J., D. D. S., Canandaigua, was born in
Canadice, October 7, 1845, a son of George, a farmer of that town. The
school days of our subject were spent in his native town, and when he
was sixteen years of age, he began teaching school, following this
until 1864, when he entered Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, spending two
years; after a year's teaching he entered the State Normal School at
Oswego, from which he graduated in 1867. After receiving his diploma he
began
teaching in Canandaigua, and after a year owing to failing health he
went
west, and accepted a position as assistant civil engineer on the
Illinois
Central Railroad. He was there about a year and a half, when, his
father
dying suddenly, he was called home. This same year, 1870, he began the
study
of dentistry in the office of Dr. A. G. Coleman, of Canandaigua. He was
with him as a student for one year, and then as a partner for four
years.
At the end of this time he went for one year to the Philadelphia Dental
College, from which he graduated March 1, 1877. He resumed his
partnership with
Dr. Coleman for two years, and May 1, 1879, he opened a business for
himself, which has proven very successful. Dr. Andrews is a member of
the Seventh District Dental Society, and Canandaigua Lodge No. 294 F.
& A. M. He married, November 12, 1872, Maria M. Bailey of
Spencerport, and they have had three daughters: Bertha G., Jessie M.
and Maud E. Dr. Andrews is a prominent member of the M. E. Church, and
for the last eleven years has been a trustee of Canandaigua church. Dr.
Andrews also conducts a farm on the lake shore of 100 acres, half of
which is vineyard. The office is at
232 Main street. Residence 92 Gibson street.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Andrews, William R., Bristol, was born in Bristol, November 3,
1867. His father was George A., son of Royal A., whose father was
Samuel Andrews, born in Bristol, Mass., July 2, 1770. He married Dorcas
Aldrich, born at Northbridge, Worcester county, Mass, July 17,
1867. They came to Bristol and settled. In early life he was a sailor,
and also a cooper and farmer. He died in Bristol. Royal A., was born
in Bristol May 30, 1799 and married Hannah Evarts, a native of
Bristol, born December 24, 1801. They had three sons and six daughters:
Elkanah, George A. and Samuel A., who died in California, December 1,
1857;
Mary, who died July 5, 1848; Charlotte and Melissa (twins) reside in
Michigan, and Achsah, wife of John B. Wheeler. Mr. Andrews was
a Quaker,
as were his parents. He died July 14, 1870, and his wife, October 24,
1886. George A. was born October 27, 1823, and was educated in East
Bloomfield Academy, and taught school a number of years, but his
principal occupation was farming. He owns 140 acres of land. June 13,
1865, he married Malvina A., daughter of William W. Briggs, of
Bristol. She was born January 20, 1840. Their children were; William
R., Lenora, wife of Harry Bliss, and Cora D., wife of Carroll
E. Simmons. Mr. Andrews died in
Bristol, January 7, 1889, and his wife, January 21, 1893. William R.
Andrews
was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of Bristol. He
owns
105 acres of land, part of the old homestead, and is an adherent member
of the Farmers' Alliance and the E. K. O. R. No. 29, and is a member of
the
Universalist church of Bristol.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Alanson Ansley, Geneva, was born on the pre-emption line at the
old homestead (which has been in the family about one hundred years),
was educated in the public schools, and is a farmer, excepting about
twenty years spent in the agricultural implement business in Geneva,
but is now on the farm again engaged principally in fruit culture. On
September 15, 1847,
he married Mary A., daughter of Joseph and Mary Eldestin, and
have
had three children: Cynthia M., Susie and Horatio Seymour. Susie died
at
the age of nine years; Cynthia married and has two daughters, Susie and
Anna
M. Horatio Seymour Ansley graduated from the Albany Medical College in
1890,
but at present is doing business for a New York manufacturing company.
William
Ansley was born in Massachusetts in 1773, removed with his parents to
Pennsylvania
when about four years old, was educated and reared a farmer. In 1792,
he
in company with Powel Carpenter walked from Lackawanna county, Pa.,
with
nothing but the clothes they wore, and their axes on their shoulders,
settled
together in Ontario county, N. Y., on the pre-emption line, five miles
southwest
of Geneva. Geneva then contained one frame and some half dozen log
houses.
Mr. Carpenter removed a few years later from here to Monroe county, and
settled in the town of Scottsville, where he spent the remainder of his
days. He
served a number of years as one of the judges of that county. In 1794
William
Ansley married Esther Witter and they had ten children. His
first
wife died in 1817. For his second wife he married Margaret (Sayre)
Gramesly. They had six children: Alanson, Margaret, Matilda, James,
Marcus, and Marvin. Alanson, Margaret and Marcus are still living.
Marcus occupies the old homestead, which was built and opened as a
country hotel in 1794, and used for that
for forty years. It still stands firm and solid, and promises all right
for
years to come. William Ansley died in 1840, and his wife in 1865.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Ansley, Marcus, Geneva, was born on the pre-emption line at the
old homestead, March 15, 1826. He was educated in the public
schools and in early life was a farmer. He began
the nursery business in 1870, and has 120 acres in nursery and fruit
orchard, having 12,000 trees bearing fruit. He has married twice,
first Mary J. Dorman of Seneca, by whom he had four
children:
Frank S., Flora, Lucy A., and Marcus D. Mrs. Ansley died in 1864,
and he married second, February 20, 1867, Mrs. Cornelia M. (Atwater)
Moore. They had three daughters: Mary L. who died aged
twenty-one years; M. Belle, and Minnie C., both residing at home.
Mrs. Ansley's first husband, William B. Moore was born in the eastern
part of this State. He was educated in the public schools and was
a jeweler and farmer. February 20, 1867, he married Cornelia M.
Atwater, of Lyons, Wayne county, and they had three children:
William S., Fred H., and Clinton B.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Richard Appleton, East Bloomfield, a native of Worsted, Norfolk
county, England, was born December 10, 1845, a son of Richard, a native
of the same place, born September 18, 1800, who was a weaver for many
years. He also, while in England, kept a hotel. His wife was Elizabeth Frary,
a native of Worsted, England, by whom he had six
sons and seven daughters. In 1851 Mr. Appleton, wife and nine children
came to America; seven of the children survive. The first winter Mr.
Appleton resided in East Bloomfield. He then purchased a place in
Bristol, which he traded for a hundred acres. After a few years he sold
this at a profit, and purchased seventy-six acres in East Bloomfield,
and here he erected a residence, which he sold later. He and his wife
are members of the Church of England. Mr. Appleton died March 28, 1882,
and his wife February 12, 1885. Richard Appleton, jr. was reared on a
farm and educated in the common schools. He started life by working by
the month, though he had none of his wages until twenty years of age.
He then farmed two years, and later learned carpentry, which he
followed eighteen years. He and his brother William were in partnership
as carpenters for many years, and during that time made several
purchases of houses and lots. They finally separated in business in
1887. Our subject now owns 130 acres, on which in 1890 he erected a
residence. December
15, 1870, Mr. Appleton married Mary A. Wolston, a native of
Hickland,
Norfolk county, England, born September 20, 1851, and a daughter of
George
and Sabina Wolston, of England, who came to America in 1852, and
settled
in East Bloomfield. The children of subject are: Fred R., G. Wallace,
Howard
C., Alice L., and Carl H. Mr. Appleton is a Republican.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Richard W. Appleton, East Bloomfield, a native of Norfolk,
England, was born July 8, 1840. He is a son of Robert and Maria
Appleton, natives of Norfolk, England, who had two sons and five
daughters. Subject of sketch was reared on a farm and educated in the
common schools. At
the age of twelve years he came to Ontario county. He lived one year
with an uncle in West Bloomfield, and then for three years worked on a
farm in Richmond. He then learned the miller's trade, and after three
years
learned the shoemaker's trade and followed it two years. The war then
broke
out, and April 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-third New
York
Volunteer Infantry, and served two years. He was in thirteen
engagements,
the principal ones being at Williamsburg and Seven Day before Richmond.
He was wounded at Antietam and taken to Frederick City hospital, and
April
12 was transferred to a hospital in Baltimore, whence he was taken to
David's
Island, where he remained until his discharge, May 23, 1863. He then
followed
shoemaking in Richmond, Bristol and East Bloomfield Station until 1873,
when he established a boot and shoe store at the latter place. In 1885
he
added a full line of groceries and men's furnishing goods, and has
since
done a very successful business. He is a Democrat, and was postmaster
at
East Bloomfield Station during Cleveland's administration. Mr. Appleton
married Mary A., daughter of Richard Appleton, and they had two
children:
Frank R., a teacher of music, and who assists in his father's store;
and
Agnes M., who is a student in East Bloomfield Union School. Mr.
Appleton
is a charter member of A. O. U. W. of East Bloomfield, and he and
family
attend St. Peter's Episcopal Church, of which Agnes M. is a member. Mr.
Appleton
assisted in building the church and is one of the vestrymen.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
William Appleton, Canandaigua, was born in Norfolk, Eng.,
November 16, 1847, and was in his third year when his father, Richard,
came to this country. He first settled in E. Bloomfield where he lived
about ten years, then moved to Bristol and lived about eight years,
moving back to Bloomfield where he bought a farm, and spent the balance
of his days. He died in 1883 aged eighty-three years. He married in
England,
Elizabeth Frary, and they had thirteen children, six of whom
are
living. William was the youngest son. He was given a good education in
the common schools and assisted on the farm until twenty, when he went
as an apprentice to learn carpentry. After serving three years he went
into
business for himself, and for twenty years has followed the trade,
building
many fine residences. He generally employed four hands and was always
found
with plenty of work. He has never taken an active interest in politics,
but is a man respected and looked up to by all. He has for many years
been
the trustee of Centrefield school. In 1889 he bought the farm of 146
acres
where he now resides, making 186 acres he now owns. He married in
December,
1871, Lena N. Woolston, of E. Bloomfield, and they are parents
of
two children: George W., and Irene L.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Archer, Dr. W. W., Clifton Springs, was born in Hopewell,
Ontario county, May 24, 1846. He received an academic education
and eventually graduated from the Geneva Medical College, January
27, 1867. He commenced practice in Phelps in connection with
Dr. Carpenter. After two years there he removed to Clifton
Springs, where he has since resided and been actively engaged in the
practice of his profession. Dr. Archer is surgeon in the U.S.
Pension Board, and is coroner of the county. His wife was Miss
Hattie Younglove.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Arnold, Lovel, Gorham, was born in Gorham, October 4, 1829, a
son of Isaac A., a son of Abram, born August 6, 1767, who was an early
settler of Montgomery county, also of Gorham, coming
there about 1814. His wife was Lorain Slipperly, born
June
15, 1775, in Montgomery county. Her father, a Revolutionary
soldier, was killed by the Indians while on his way to join his
regiment. Abram Arnold had seven sons and five daughters, and
died May 24, 1825. His wife died in September, 1859. Isaac
A. was born January 15, 1795. He came to Gorham at the age of
nineteen, and married Sallie Hutchinson, whose father was one
of the earliest settlers of the place. Isaac A. and wife had six
sons and two daughters. He first settled in Yates county, then in
Gorham. In 1829 he settled on the farm now occupied by his son
Lovel, and here lived till 1865. He was a deacon in the Baptist
church many years. In 1865 he moved to Reed's Corners, where he
died January 15, 1866. Lovel Arnold was educated in Madison
University and at Rochester. His health failing, he engaged in
farming, which has since been his occupation. He
makes a specialty of breeding Shropshiredown sheep, Durham cattle and
Clydesdale horses. January 6, 1854, he married Caroline A.,
daughter of George and Ann Eliza (Hocum) Clark, natives of
Potter, and they have one son, Frank G. Arnold, who resides with his
parents. Mr.
Arnold is one of the largest real estate owners in Gorham, also owning
land in Yates county. Since 1872 he has been a Democrat.
From unknown source;
Abraham, (Abram), son of William Arnold, was a resident
of New Hampshire, his native state. He later removed to New York,
settling in West Bloomfield, Ontario county. He was twice married and
reared a family of seven sons and five daughters. He died May 24, 1825.
His second wife, Sarah, died September, 1859. William, son of
Abraham Arnold by his first wife, was born in the town of Keene, New
Hampshire, March 28, 1774, died at West Bloomfield, Ontario county, New
York, February 28, 1853. He settled in New York where he followed the
business of a tanner and currier. He married first November 6, 1800,
Elizabeth Cobb, born March 1780, died May 9, 1815. Children: 1. Elizabeth, born July 6, 1802; married Colonel Ezekiel Jewett, of
the United States regular army, and commandant at Fort Niagara during
the exciting anti-Masonic period called the "Morgan Exposure." 2.
William. 3. Mary, born April 20, 1806; married Bailey Ayres of West Bloomfield, New York. 4. Emmeline, born March 10 1809. He married second, January 2, 1817, Margaret Sargent. He had another son, Joseph, who died in Washington, D. C.
William, son of William and Elizabeth Cobb Arnold, was born in
Westmoreland, New Hampshire, July 3 1804; died July 3, 1876, at Lima,
Livingston county, New York. He was educated in the district school of
West Bloomfield, New York, where he settled while he was a boy. He grew
up in his father's business and was associated with him for many years.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Frederick Leonard Ashley, Richmond, was born March 25, 1845, on
the old homestead. His grandfather, Noah 1st (son of William, who lived
in Westfield, Mass.), was born in Sheffield, Mass., and went first to
Vermont, where he was a merchant, then to Richmond in 1802. He took up
185 acres of land on lot 32, built first a log house on the east side
of the road, and in 1816 built the substantial farm house now occupied
by Frederick L., and resided there until his death in 1841, aged nearly
seventy-two years. Squire Ashley was for many years agent for the sale
of the Phelps and Gorham lands in this town, and later was manager of a
union store at the Center. He held the offices of supervisor and
justice of the peace. His wife was Betsey Sheldon of Richmond,
Mass. His brother, William, lived here many years and finally moved to
Ashley, Mich., the place taking its name from the family. Noah 1st had
ten children. Noah 2d was born on the homestead and was a farmer all
his
life. He married Minerva Tisdale, daughter of Leonard Tisdale
of Blodgett's
Mills, Cortland county, in 1832, and their children were: Almira Jane,
Mary
Evelyn, Clinton S., Noah Tisdale, Frank A., Frederick L., Ellen
Minerva,
and Augusta V. Frederick L. was educated at the district school, Lima
Seminary,
and at Eastman's Business College, and has been a farmer. He married in
1876,
Fanny E. Briggs, daughter of John G. Briggs, and their
children are
Frederick Carleton, born August 17, 1878, and Evelyn Minerva, born
December
4, 1882.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
William Ashley, Richmond, son of Noah 1st, was born January 5,
1809, in a log-house across the way from the frame house his father
afterwards built. He married in 1834 Juliet Bosworth, of
Sheffield, Berkshire county, Mass. Of their eight children only four
are living. Mrs. Ashley's great-grandfather, Nathaniel Bosworth,
emigrated from Wales, and died in
Sandisfield, Mass., in 1807, aged ninety-nine years. Her grandfather
was
Nathaniel 2d, and her father, Jared Bosworth, went to Michigan as one
of
the early pioneers in 1818. William Ashley died August 6, 1890.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Daniel F. Attwood, Geneva, was born in Androscoggin county,
Me., February 9, 1853. In 1872, he was book-keeper for R. G. Chase
& Company, came with them to Geneva in 1872, and remained in their
employ until 1880, when he went into the insurance business, being one
of the
founders of the Ontario Mutual Accident Association, originally a local
company, but now having a place of business in New York city. In 1877,
associated
with Dr. N. B. Covert, E. A. Walton, S. F. Gascoigne, M. S. Sanford, D.
W.
Hollenbeck and others in the organization of "The People's Building,
Loan
and Savings Association," a company having a reputation of solidity and
worth,
second to none of its class in the State. Of this association, Mr.
Attwood
has been secretary since its incorporation, and most of its success is
due
to his efforts. Mr. Attwood is an earnest Republican worker, and has
held
the office of village clerk and president, being elected to the latter
position
in February, 1891. In 1876 he married Caroline A. Parker, of
which
union two children have been born.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Joseph Atwater, Canandaigua, was born in Russel, Mass., August
3, 1820, a son of Joel, a native of Cheshire, Conn. The early life of
Joseph was spent in the Eastern States. He
was educated in the common schools and Westfield Academy and his first
occupation was as commercial trustee, which he followed about twenty
years. In 1858 he went to Springfield, Texas, where he took 220
acres of land and conducted a stock farm for three years. He then
returned North and located in Canandaigua in 1861, buying a small farm.
In 1862 he was willed by Mrs. Maria Atwater, widow of Dr.
Jeremiah
Atwater, for money loaned by him to his friends, considerable property
and December 29, 1868, purchased part of the Thomas B. Lyon farm, west
of the Sucker Brook, making them a fine farm of ninety-two acres.
In 1879, Mr. Atwater erected on his farm a beautiful residence,
which stands on the west shore of Canandaigua Lake. Mr. Atwater
has always
been an ardent supporter of the Republican party, but has never been
an office seeker. Mr. and Mrs. Atwater are members of the
Presbyterian church. He married, March 14, 1858, at Willington,
Loraine county, O., Almira M., daughter of Timothy Tiffany, a
native of Connecticut. She was then residing with her step-father,
Capt. Henry Allen. They were married by Prof. Henry E. Peck, of
Oberlin College, Ohio. They are the parents of four children:
Lydia J., an artist; Emma B., a teacher of Victor; Anna L., a
teacher of the Union School of Canandaigua; and George L., a commercial
traveler with an Auburn firm.
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